Seanad debates
Thursday, 24 October 2002
Crime Levels: Statements.
While people said that they are happy with the gardaí in their communities, they want more gardaí. If there were more, there would be a decline in the number of incidents of crimes. The Blanchardstown area, which I represent, has a population of 75,000. There are not enough community gardaí in the area and those that are there cannot perform their community policing duties as a consequence of pressures from other areas of the Garda Síochána's work. I ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to address this problem by providing an increased number of community gardaí in areas of high population. The presence of community gardaí would alleviate the problems I mentioned.
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