Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge the effort and the work of the gardaí in Drogheda and County Louth, as well as the additional gardaí in the county. We have over 70 new gardaí in the whole county and in my own town of Drogheda we have 16 new community gardaí. Whatever about the chief superintendent, and I have no issue with Deputy Smith on that, it is the community garda who is the person that is needed - the man on the ground, the man with the knowledge, the man in the place, the man you can contact, the man who turns up. That is what we need and we are getting that in County Louth, which I welcome.

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