Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is what we all want to see. This means targeting resources as effectively as possible to ensure there is better policing to protect communities and, in particular, older people living in isolated areas. It is very possible to achieve that with the development of modern policing methods. In my own constituency, which includes many semi-rural areas, Operation Fiacla has made a significant impact in terms of gangs arriving in vans and cars from other parts of the region to attempt to rob people's homes.

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