Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste recently said, in New York, that "we want to make cities safe again because there is a real sense that people just do not feel safe". That is certainly the view of my constituents who, for example, have to get night-time buses in the Talbot Street area or in the north inner city. For as long as I have been in this House people have demanded more gardaí on the beat. Garda visibility on our streets and in our communities is now a real issue. Recruitment and retention is obviously a problem. What is being done about this? The force needs to be increased to 15,000 members in the short term and up to 18,000 members in the long term. When is the task force that was established by the Government in May to rejuvenate Dublin city due to report? What can we expect from that task force?

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