Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept the Minister’s bona fides when she says that burglaries have reduced by 36% but I have grave reservations about the reason for the reduction and I am concerned that people are not reporting burglaries. In recent weeks I have attended a number of community alert meetings in my constituency. People at those meetings asked what the point is of reporting a burglary because there is no positive outcome from doing so.

I specifically asked about the number of Garda stations in County Westmeath that are not connected to the PULSE system. The Minister said she would supply a table outlining the information. Are all of the Garda stations in Westmeath PULSE-enabled? Perhaps the Minister could indicate merely “Yes” or “No” and if not, why not? If all the stations are not PULSE-enabled, how can the Minister have confidence in the figures she has supplied today?

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