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Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...hate, fear and misinformation. We need to build and strengthen communities and not divide them. We need to resource our communities properly, reverse cuts to community groups, youth services and drug and addiction services. We cannot and should not treat this solely as a policing issue. As I have said, on Thursday a cloud descended over our capital. By the evening, during the...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...this shameful episode. Some of it has been accurate. There is a lack of resources, and a city has been effectively abandoned to a criminal class. There is a growing sense that Dublin has become lawless and drug-infested, despite the best efforts of An Garda Síochána. Some of the commentary, however, has been nothing short of pathetic and, indeed, at times, potentially...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: .... Greater penalties must be imposed on people who carry knives in public places. Anyone carrying a knife is travelling with menace and has evil intentions. We need to put greater resources into tackling our drugs problem. Gangs are making vast amounts of money out of dealing in drugs and doing irreparable damage to our young people and our society. Drugs are an evil cancer within...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: As the grandparent of a child who is five years of age, I can understand the trauma and upset of the families concerned and all those injured. In Drogheda just over two years ago, we had a deadly drugs feud that resulted in violence, deaths and widespread fear and intimidation. The Minister responded to that in the appropriate way. Following a period of lack of interest in what was going...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: ...democracy. I have one little warning for the Minister for Justice and the rest of the Government: rural Ireland still exists. It still has its problems and all the burglaries, and there are still drugs all over the place. We are now sucking people from rural Ireland to deal with Dublin. That is not a great solution in the long term and we need to get back to having a full, working...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: .... Clearly, not enough is being done to tackle the issue. The time for press statements and PR events has long passed. People want to see real results. The public want an immediate crackdown on violence, drug dealing, antisocial behaviour and criminal activity. We need gardaí visible in numbers across the city centre. This should be the focus and I know it is the focus of the...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...see a uniformed garda. Equally, you can walk up O’Connell Street up to Parnell Square itself and double back onto Moore Street, go onto Mary Street and what you will see is antisocial behaviour, open drug dealing - on the hour; it is timetabled - open drug-taking, nuisance drinking, gangs hanging around, and a feeling of real menace and fear. That is not a unique event; that is...