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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2024)
Imelda Munster: It might be no harm to flag it with him and bring to his attention that we have scheduled a meeting for 9 May.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)
Imelda Munster: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of overseas visitors/tourists to the island of Ireland; and if this is not possible, the total number of overseas visitors/tourists to the State in 2023. [13388/24]
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Imelda Munster: Good morning to the witnesses. I will start with the Garda Commissioner. With regard to community policing, the first few questions require just a "Yes" or "No" answer. Does the Garda Commissioner believe in community policing and its benefits? Does he believe community policing to be considered best practice?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2024) Imelda Munster: When the Garda Commissioner talks about community policing he sees it as those members of the team who are out in the community, walking around the community, chatting with youths and familiarising themselves with troubled areas and all of that sort of thing. That is what the Garda Commissioner would consider community policing.
- 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?