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Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: I entirely support everything that is in the motion tabled by the Fianna Fáil Senators here today. I want to say at the outset, however, that I have full confidence in the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána. This House should respect him and support him because he is bringing about effective change in a force which I, as a former Minister for Justice, know needs reform and...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...with it since June 2020 and before that it propped it up in a supply and confidence arrangement. Effectively, it holds some of the responsibility for the crime we see and the confidence crisis in the Garda. Fianna Fáil is entitled to bring forward the motion, but it has to share some responsibility for those issues. If it is in Government and supports the Government in the manner...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...safe, and to ensure that people are safe and that they feel safe. That has always been at the centre of my work, and there are and always will be challenges with that. Our communities want more gardaí and I want to say clearly that I want more gardaí. There is more we can do to ensure people are safe and that they feel safe, whether it is in our towns and cities or in our...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...around to the idea that this designated transport police unit is a good thing. I am there with you and it has taken a long time to get to this point.I will finish with two other points. I met two gardaí one afternoon on Capel Street in recent weeks. I asked them what were the challenges in policing and one said, "By golly, they are difficult. We are scared out of our wits policing...