Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Griffin for raising this issue. Attacks on the Garda or any of our uniformed services are unacceptable. They are not just attacks on an individual; they are also attacks on the wider community and on our State. The Minister, Deputy Harris, had a meeting with the Garda representative bodies very recently and assured them that we are taking this extremely seriously. Among the actions we will take are legislation to allow gardaí to wear body cameras, which would be a potential deterrent and would make it easier to prosecute people who attack them, and changes to increase the sentences imposed on people who attack not just gardaí but other uniformed and emergency services personnel as well.

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