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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

“I welcome the Minister. She mentioned earlier the graduated response the Garda uses. The Commissioner used that term as well, but surely the beginning of any graduated response should be prevention. Particularly when dealing with groups that are deliberately organising, the prevention should be looking at and dealing with them. The Minister says that there have been 800 protests this...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

“The Act allows the Minister to give directions and revise priorities.”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

“I will keep my question very short. It is not just about the Minister asking the Commissioner what he needs. It is about her saying that, as a Government, we feel the State needs a certain thing or that a certain area should be a priority. There is a clear escalation here. Arson attacks are increasing. There are communities where there are vigilante patrols, where people feel law and...”

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