Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister and the Garda Commissioner recently met community leaders from the inner city. Tonight there is to be a peace procession in an area of our capital city which is traumatised by the series of assassinations during recent months and by a perceived failure on the part of the Minister's Department to give the Garda Síochána the requisite resources to stamp it out and bring it to a close. In an earlier question, the Minister mentioned the additional gardaí and capital resources. During the Administrations of the Minister and her predecessor, former Deputy Shatter, did units such as the national surveillance unit have adequate resources to keep tabs on the kind of gangland crime and organisation which led to the current desperate spate of murders? The Minister mentioned the armed support unit. Do the specialist units have the resources necessary?

Do we need further legislation? The Criminal Justice Act 2009 tried to target directors of crime and gangland mafia leaders. Does the Minister need to introduce more legislation, particularly regarding the proliferation of guns and gun-related crime?

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