Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I will also focus on the justice and policing reform aspect of the question, and the continued use of the Garda crime statistics with the caveat "according to figures released under reservation by the CSO". The current Garda Commissioner was appointed five years ago and we appear to be no closer to having reliable crime data. Such data is critical for policing plans as there is no evidence that the census of population is used in policing plans. I have, over a couple of decades, looked at how resources are deployed. We are without reliable crime statistics. When are we likely to get to the point where we have reliable crime statistics without that caveat?

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