Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)

As a resident of a rural area, I know there has been an increase in the talk one hears about drugs and in the number of drug related prosecutions. We have had the introduction of remote control gardaí but there is now an added difficulty given that gardaí are being taken from rural areas. Does the Minister of State believe this loss of gardaí to bigger cities and towns is inversely proportional to the increase in drug problems in rural areas?

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