Seanad debates

Thursday, 22 May 2003

Order of Business. - Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages.

 

Incidentally, it is my intention in the Garda Bill to provide for a direct link between local authority members and gardaĆ­, so that they can discuss these matters in a formal way. The stakeholders are the local communities, gardaĆ­, proprietors in the entertainment sector and the local judiciary. They have a clear policy. Discos cannot be run without adequate security staff and the security staff must be of a certain standard because there cannot be thugs at the door. In certain circumstances there should be CCTV, although one cannot demand that every chip van or small pub should have CCTV. It is a matter for reasonable decision by the District Court judges. If there are to be 300 young people in a disco, it is probably in the interests of their safety that there should be CCTV there, in areas where any trouble is likely to develop. These are reasonable steps to take.

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