Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)

In the Irish Examiner this morning, Cormac O'Keeffe gave voice to what many of us working in the area already know. Throughout Dublin city, even youth workers are starting to feel scared as they go about their work, such are the levels of increased violence and intimidation. I find that extraordinary. What is more extraordinary is that the Minister's Government has, over the last two terms, initiated two separate task forces for Dublin city centre in different ways. One amounted to basically a couple of press releases and nothing more. The other completely misunderstood the community it was asked to serve. Has the Minister run out of ideas when it comes to tackling antisocial behaviour and crime in our communities?

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