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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

...to have a public order response, but also a very visible uniformed response. The issue for me now is going to be around prioritisation. We put a lot of effort into things like street crime and low-level drug dealing, etc., and there will have to be a refocusing towards having visibility on the streets. We recognise that in terms of our police work in the city centre, no matter how many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...in antisocial behaviour in Ennis. A market building, which is a bit of a fiasco, was recently built by Clare County Council at massive cost. As there is no use for it, the building has become a place drug addicts seem to hang out and to use and the council has had to shut it down and lock it because there is no policing of it. Perhaps because the Garda does not have adequate resources,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

John McGuinness: ...he brief the committee, by writing to the clerk, if necessary, on what actions are being taken to deal with the deficit of policing presence in south Kilkenny? I reiterate that the whole issue of drugs is out of control. I would like some sort of response in that regard. My second question relates to a memorandum of the Government in 2016. I understood at that time that Garda numbers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

...;1,000 bounty. I do not have that information to hand but it can be provided in writing. Regarding policing in south Kilkenny and the points the Deputy made at the previous meeting in respect of drugs and resources, I will revert in a written report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I apologise for having to leave the meeting earlier as there are a number of meetings I have to attend today. I refer again to the drugs unit for Cavan-Monaghan, which I mentioned at the previous meeting. Is there any update on bolstering that unit, which is absolutely crucial? I have a related question. My understanding from replies to parliamentary questions I submitted is that there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Ms Cliona Richardson: On the drugs unit in the Cavan-Monaghan division, there is a competition ongoing. However, members are extremely active in investigating drug activity within Louth, Cavan and Monaghan, and particularly within Cavan and Monaghan. On Monday, more than €300,000 worth of cannabis was seized in Cavan. Last week, more than €180,000 worth of drugs were seized...