Conor Sheehan (Limerick City, Labour)

I thank the Minister of State for her reply. First, regarding the LCSP, I sat on the joint policing committee. The joint policing committee has not sat since I was a member of it, which was in May 2024. It is simply not acceptable. What I am looking for is a commitment that the Minister of State will take up the substance of the issues I raised with the Commissioner. We need at least ten additional gardaí. It is not me saying that; it is the chief superintendent. When the Minister of State talks about not being able to police our way out of this, I agree with her. That is why we need to see a commitment that the money in the social intervention fund through regeneration will be maintained for the next number of years. The fact of the matter is this situation is akin to the way it was in the early 2000s and we need a similar level of urgency as there was between 2008 and 2010 when we stamped this out. We are going backwards and I am literally terrified that somebody is going to be murdered in Limerick again soon.

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