Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

It is the gun criminals who are committing the crimes. The Government is providing support for the Garda. One of the things we have done - for the first time since the 1920s - is to change the way gardaí are deployed in operations. We hope this will prove successful. In this day and age, we need gardaí working with communities in order that they can assemble the evidence needed. I understand very well what is happening in many communities and the fear some people have in providing information for the Garda.

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