Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

Without pre-empting the next strategy, I thank Deputy Wall for raising this matter because more attention must be paid to the arc to which he refers — the Drogheda-Navan-Arklow area. I call them the new commuter towns, those that are within 50 km of Dublin city. The resources provided, including community policing, which has been a significant factor in bettering the situation in areas where improvements have taken place, are the way forward in the newly developed areas to which the Deputy referred. As I stated previously, we will extend the remit of the YPFSF to towns in the region.

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