Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I need to repeat that I have spoken with superintendent Anthony Farrell. We need more gardaí. The population of County Carlow has grown, which is very welcome. We had one of the highest growth rates in the most recent census. We do not have enough gardaí. We do not have enough community gardaí on the ground. We have seen an increase in burglaries. I spoke about one in Tullow which is an example. We do not have enough gardaí in Carlow and we need to get more. We were to look at opening the Leighlinbridge Garda station which was closed. That commitment was given three years ago and it is still not open. We need to have more gardaí in County Carlow.

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