Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Geoghegan and congratulate him on his election to Dáil Éireann, representing the people of Dublin Bay South. I look forward to working closely with him. I want to thank him for the instrumental role he played in the Dublin city task force during his time as Lord Mayor and first citizen of Dublin. We have a really good piece of work now, with very clear recommendations and owners beside each of the recommendations. The Deputy is right that there is no one issue here. Of course, we need to do more on Garda numbers in the city and we are all committed to that but there are so many other things that need to be done to create the liveable city that we all want our capital city to be. The interdepartmental group that has been established to drive implementation first met on 23 October last year. It has met four times since then including, most recently, on Tuesday of this week. It will submit its report to the Government in due course. I will seek a further update for the Deputy on that. I absolutely expect that will require funding as well and the funding will be forthcoming.

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