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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: Okay, that is perfect. What percentage of gardaí have been committed to community policing for this year in comparison with last year? How many gardaí have been committed, as opposed to the percentage?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: It has not gone up year on year; it has stayed pretty much-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: I am just talking about community policing. Most people see how important it is. It is crucial. If the figures have stayed static, what is the position with funding? Obviously, it has not been increased.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: Has the funding allocated specifically to community policing gone up in the last couple of years?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: If we were to look at community policing funding on the spreadsheet, the figure would not have altered that much.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: I am talking about feet on the street, if you like, in communities.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: It would not really have moved. The reason I asked the Garda Commissioner about the benefits of community policing is that most people can see the benefits of it but just do not see enough of it. I will raise an issue in my own home town of Drogheda. The Garda Commissioner will be aware we had a ferocious feud for two years that caused mayhem and destruction.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: It nearly tore the town apart. The fear was palpable. This information comes from the Commissioner’s own people - I am not making it up. A report that was furnished or a submission made stated that, on a daily basis, it is now accepted that there will not be a garda on the beat. The statistics for May 2023 show there were 146 gardaí in the Drogheda-Dunleer-Clogherhead district....

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: The point is that it may be happening in the background. However, it states here, and this from the Commissioner’s own people, that it is now accepted there will not be a garda on the beat. We are down six gardaí from where we were several years ago. Drogheda is the largest town of Ireland and it went through a feud. Things are starting to kick off again. It is not “in...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: Will the Commissioner revert to me on that? It is wholly unacceptable.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: I thank the Commissioner. I refer to the PULSE system and the 2,000 emergency calls that were cancelled or deleted at the time. The review carried out in 2021 stated that gardaí behaviour was a major factor in that. The Garda got funding, I think in 2021, of €15 million for a new IT system. Is that IT system up and running?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: Is that where supervision is required if a call is to be cancelled?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: Is there a record of any calls being cancelled since that new system has been up and running?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: I ask Mr. O'Sullivan to be brief because time is of the essence. Can he give me a couple of examples of reasons, under the new IT system, that a call would be cancelled?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: Can the public rest assured that what happened previously, where victims of domestic violence were ringing up while they were being attacked and calls were cancelled, could not ever happen again with this new system? It would be just duplicate calls that are cancelled and the trivial end of things that Mr. O’Sullivan mentioned. Can the public be assured that is now the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: I have one final question. Were there any gardaí disciplined over that? If so, what was the nature of that discipline and if not, why not?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: Could the committee be furnished with that detail?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (20 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: 576. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date for publication of the final report by the working group to develop a National Disinformation Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13131/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Oversight and Audit Commission (20 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: 657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider commissioning the National Oversight and Audit Commission to carry out a piece of work, as per section 126D of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, in respect of a matter (details supplied). [12456/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Imelda Munster: 924. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who worked in community policing in counties Louth and Meath, respectively, in each of the past five years. [12489/24]