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

I agree with the Deputy about garda safety. It is really important that everyone, not just our gardái, feels safe at work. That extends to members of all our uniformed services, teachers, nurses and people working in our health service, who often face the risk of violence. It is particularly the case when it comes to our gardaí. That is why the Minister, Deputy McEntee, has led the charge on providing body-worn cameras for gardaí, which is really important for their protection, and making sure there are improvements in the equipment they have.

I am not sure what the Deputy really means by "culture wars". If anyone is distracted by them, it probably is him and not the Minister. I know the Minister from the time she was working in this building as a personal assistant to her father. I know her number one priority as Minister has been cracking down on domestic and gender-based violence. If we look at the murder and manslaughter statistics for this year, they are not because of gangland crime; they are women being killed by men they know.

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