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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...establishment of a dedicated policing unit for public transport but unfortunately, our calls have never been acted on by the NTA, the Department of Transport, the Department of Justice or the Commissioner of an Garda Síochána. The aims of this campaign are threefold. First, we still hold the view that to adequately tackle all forms of antisocial behaviour then a dedicated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...Act 2008. I think it specifically says that on establishment day an advisory council would be established. The Act set out who would be on the council, including, I think, a member of the Garda of no lesser rank than superintendent. There were also trade union members, members of various local authorities and other stakeholders. If that or something similar to it had been established,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...stations along the routes, at mainline stations mostly. It absolutely does help because it gives the host - the customer service officer, CSO - on the train somewhere to ring to try to get gardaí to the station. However, to be honest, this is only putting a sticking plaster on the problem. As the Deputy said, antisocial behaviour has got very bad in all elements of society. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...while it is a good service that is provided on a daily basis, we must ensure the policing aspect. I believe the SIPTU recommendation is the right way, and that is for a dedicated section within An Garda Síochána as opposed to a completely separate transport force that, if it is not competing with the Garda, is separate from the Garda. Those are my thoughts and it is also what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...with each other. These are not just vocal rows or arguments; they can become physical, with weapons. The bus driver, who may be female, is expected to intervene. All a driver can do is call the Garda. Recruitment was mentioned. The staff turnover in Dublin Bus is huge. We have employed many people in the past 12 to 18 months. They go out the door as quickly as they come in,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...cannot exceed the time too much, so I want to conclude. I hope there will be time for the second round. I mentioned the three main asks of SIPTU. One is a dedicated national transport-related Garda service and another is the establishment of a transport advisory council. I was around long enough as a councillor to remember the body that preceded the National Transport Authority,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...carry-on. If people actually did report what they saw or if CCTV footage were downloaded for every incident, we would be shocked at what goes on. We have no deterrent whatsoever. People know the Garda response time and that our security officers are absolutely powerless. When they started first, they were terrifying. Everyone saw the black uniform and everything, and there was a bit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...will press the stop button at traffic lights and jump out in front of traffic. It could be anything, and all this type of behaviour should be completely unacceptable. As I said, sometimes a garda will get on your bus and then there is no carry-on. There is none. Sometimes, gardaí will just flash the badge and get on, they travel for free, and then there is no carry-on. When...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...area where there is trouble. Ms Armstrong is a great example to show this is a problem on many services. I fully support having a transport police service, one which, ideally, would be part of An Garda Síochána, but I am not being prescriptive as long as there is a centralised authority.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...fact that there are repeat perpetrators who know the powers these security officers in the black uniforms have are limited or, to some degree, non-existent. Ms Armstrong gave the example of when a garda gets on a bus. It is possible to see the palpable change in the atmosphere and that people have more respect and are more unwilling to engage in this type of antisocial behaviour. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Duncan Smith: ...something that might happen in the summer on the DART line or the Dublin riots. They always come back and tell us they had an action on a weekend at the end of August where there were dedicated gardaí on the train line for the weekend or where An Garda Síochána responded quickly. They deflect and minimise an incident. However, the work done by SIPTU gives this committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Mr. Stephen Millane: Irish Rail and Luas have private security. Dublin Bus relies on An Garda Síochána. Someone might get on a bus coming into town and cause problems on the bus and cause hassle for the driver and passengers. They might then get on a Luas to Heuston Station and cause the same problem. They might have interaction with the security personnel on the Luas and then...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...The basic training is that if you believe there is a real threat to you or passengers, you do not get involved, you try to radio through for assistance from either the dedicated security team or An Garda Síochána. I am not sure about bus drivers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...to do? These are the things facing employees across all public transport. I am not sure whether the Deputy was here when Ms Armstrong gave an earlier piece about the deterrent of seeing a garda or, we hope in future, a policing unit. Their presence and the knowledge they can enforce, detain, arrest and remove people from transport will be the biggest deterrent to alleviate the vast...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: ...a workers' point of view, would the union welcome a discreet text system that would go straight to carriage A so the agent knows? The train is stopping someplace every 20 minutes, so surely the Garda could be at the next station to get the troublemaker off the train.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: ...safety of drivers and the general public. I want to explore a couple of things. I apologise for being late, but Ms Armstrong was mentioning something as I was coming in. She talked about the garda getting on, flashing their ID and the benefit of having that uniformed officer. That speaks to the need for the transport police she was talking about. How does that work? Is that ad hoc,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Ms Suzanne Armstrong: The instance I was talking about was gardaí going home. It is if someone sees them flash their badge. Obviously if they get on in uniform it is great, but I have very rarely had that. On the responsiveness of the Garda, if I have to pull the bus over for antisocial behaviour I call control and then control calls the Garda, the offenders are gone and all the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: That also speaks to the need for a dedicated transport team. Ms Armstrong mentioned how effective it can be if there is a uniformed garda on a bus. If a garda is supposed to be walking a beat then surely public transport should be part of it. Stepping on to the bus, riding a few stops and stepping off again should be part of the beat. Certainly, in Dublin, in an urban environment, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: ...dealing, there are many cameras on a bus. The drivers witness the dealing and it is recorded. Perhaps this is more of a question for Dublin Bus, but is there a procedure for reporting that to the Garda? It is a crime and there is evidence of the crime. Is it being reported and followed up, is it being reported and nothing happens, or is there a breakdown in communication? Streamlining...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...in that context as well. The justice committee had long debates on having a public transport police service and I have campaigned on that proposal for a number of years. It needs to be a division of An Garda Síochána to have the correct powers to be able to arrest and detain people and to imbue it with the same sense of respect for the security services. In other...