Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I do not disagree with the Deputies. To give some reassurance as to what Dublin Bus is doing, each bus, as I said, is equipped with CCTV. It also has access to central control, An Garda Síochána, both radio audible and silent alarms so they can get back up. It is also engaged a lot in the community forums Deputy Ward mentioned. It does that in a progressive way as well as in the school education programmes. It is doing a lot of the pre-emptive work the Deputy mentioned in getting in there early. Also, the NTA organises an antisocial behaviour working group. That is the best way of managing this. It is also very involved in supporting the Community Spirit Awards, which help build up that sense of relationship and connection. Yes, we need strong policing and we need to make sure the passengers and drivers are safe, but the earlier investment in community engagement with schools and others is the right way of trying to manage this.

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