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Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: I am a great believer in practising what I preach and I live in my constituency. The Minister is welcome to come and knock on my door any time he wants. The issue of financial incentives is important. They are provided throughout the country. A teacher teaching in a Gaeltacht area gets a cash bonus in salary. I have always argued that teachers teaching in deprived communities should also get...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: Yes, that is a worthwhile suggestion if there are schemes provided to encourage that. I suspect the Minister is inundated with requests from politicians for new Garda stations here, there and everywhere. It would be much more cost efficient to give young officers the opportunity to live in an area at a reduced rent for a period. That house would not only become a type of sub-station, but also...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: I am saying that an opportunity should be provided in order to offer a better dispersal of members of the force.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: I ask the Minister to discuss the issue with his colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Many local authorities would like to take up some kind of scheme along the lines I have proposed. In parts of west Tallaght in my constituency the Garda Síochána already provides advice units in some centres two days a week. Building on that kind of initiative would...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: The Senator has privilege so it is all right.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 21: In page 15, before section 15, to insert the following new section: "15. — (1) The Garda Commissioner may subject to subsection (2) and the regulations, establish a Dublin Metropolitan Police Service. (2) The power to establish a Dublin Metropolitan Police Service shall be exercised within 12 months after the passing of this Act.". This amendment deals with the...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: While the Minister is correct to say this would be a radical departure, there is, as he also points out, an historical precedent if one looks back beyond the turn of the last century. It may well be the case that a future Government will consider this issue. There are particular problems with the organisation of the Garda.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: I had that in mind when I was framing the amendment. I gave the Government only another six months. The proposed provision may well become part of the remedy to create a better policing structure in the city and county in the years ahead. The Garda has specific structural problems in Dublin which do not simply involve manpower issues.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: Yes. I alluded in my initial remarks in particular to the accommodation problem the Garda has in the city. We will leave the matter to another day and wait to see what influence the composition of a future Government has on the matter.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: There was a party which had problems in this area some years ago.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: That could not possibly happen.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: That is a matter for the Government.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: We have some parties which say that. The Minister should read his speeches from last year.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: As my colleague rightly said, there was an agreement between the British and Irish Governments to allow members of the Garda Síochána join the new PSNI and a substantial number of existing and new officers have been recruited from this jurisdiction to the new PSNI. That is welcome but Senator Cummins made a useful point on this matter. On the issue of race relations, for instance, it could...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: These amendments cover a variety of issues and contain our best ideas.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: Can the amendments be taken separately? They cover different issues.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 17: In page 15, before section 14, to insert the following new section: "14.—(1) In making provision for any Garda recruitment process, the Commissioner shall set a target percentage of the minimum level of recruits who shall be ordinarily resident in an area designated as a RAPID area. (2) In recruiting members of the Garda Síochána, the Garda Commissioner shall...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: Yes, that is the argument.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: I accept that.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Brian Hayes: I will not address the issue of recruits as it is the subject of another amendment. I welcome the Minister's remarks on my own comments. The issue I have is how we will achieve our objectives. There are 7,000 houses in close proximity in my constituency. I suspect not one recruit of the force has come from that area in the past 20 years. The issue for this House and specifically for the...