Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy has talked about a new policing model. There has been discussion for a long time as to whether policing and security duties ought to be done by the one body. There is a range of discussions of management of An Garda Síochána. All of those issues would benefit from the kind of root and branch independent commission we suggest, given their scale. Day-to-day policing needs to continue. In the past year we have been dealing with serious murders and the issues Deputies have raised in the House about burglaries. All of that work must continue, as must the reforms that are under way. Any new body needs to take account of the work being done on the changes that are being overseen by the Policing Authority-----

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