James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I absolutely agree with the Deputy. I too wish to see a greater emphasis on community policing. Community gardaí play a very important role in communities. I expect to publish the youth justice strategy in the next month or two. It will provide a comprehensive approach to dealing with young people who are coming into the network of the Courts Service and the criminal justice system. I have set up the anti-social behaviour forum, which met recently for the first time and will meet again at the end of January or in early February. A number of rural groups are represented on it. We are seeking to comprehensively tackle the whole issue of anti-social behaviour from both a Department of Justice perspective and that of an An Garda Síochána.

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