Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

They should be given the powers and the tools because when they are doing a checkpoint, if there is a robbery or something else happens nearby, they are despatched to it. The vans sit there on their merry way and they will probably get the gardaí on their way to catch the robbers if they go past a few kilometres over the speed limit.

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