Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In the past few days there have been three killings, two of which occurred in my constituency of Coolock and Darndale, just a few miles north of this building. I am from Darndale.

I grew up there and it is correct to state that great people live in Darndale. The people of Darndale, Kilmore and Coolock feel they are being ignored. They feel that resources are going elsewhere. Will the Taoiseach explain why Garda numbers in Coolock went in one direction, namely, down, between 2011 and 2017? Will he explain why the number of gardaí assigned to the local anti-drugs unit has plummeted by one third? Will he also explain why Garda vehicles are not being replaced quickly enough? The lack of support for those communities and for the gardaí working there is unacceptable. This matter needs to be addressed.

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