Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. The main thing is that "very soon" needs to be very soon. We need to see these up and running and I will put the question back in the short term because of the anomaly that JPCs, which did great work, are not in existence now. Would it be possible to have them in the short term?

Is the Minister proposing any changes to community safety partnerships? There are certain things we would all like to see in terms of ensuring there are sufficient elected representatives and others on the partnerships. I also accept we need to have something that is fit for purpose from an operational point of view.

We all spoke about the loss of Garda Kevin Flatley. We had a garda in Dundalk on routine patrol who was injured in the last while and we know of the huge issues there are with crime. Great strides have been made with organised crime recently in my constituency but we need to do a lot more. It is necessary we have a fit-for-purpose means of engagement with the other statutory agencies along with the Garda, because sometimes the Garda ends up carrying the can for the HSE and others.

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