Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is no longer the case. The population has increased and our towns have grown. In response, Fine Gael has closed Garda stations and reduced Garda numbers. Its members do not like to hear it but those are the facts. It cannot continue.

We called on the Minister to resign; she did not do so. We cannot continue with a Minister for Justice who has allowed our communities to feel increasingly unsafe while she insists our cities are safe and the daily experience of everyone who lives in, works in, visits or runs a business in them says that it is not the case. We called on the Taoiseach to dismiss the Minister-----

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