Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is any measure of the effectiveness of Garda officers regarding the respectful and professional treatment of minors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11803/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Garda Síochána is committed, under its current Youth and Children Strategy, "to provide a quality policing service to all the children and young people in our society and to do so with dignity and respect for their human rights by communicating, listening and working towards building and maintaining positive relationships with children and young people". The strategy sets out seventy actions and related performance indicators by which the effective implementation of the strategy can be measured. One of the initiatives in this regard is an action in the strategy to establish youth fora to allow for direct dialogue with young people on policing issues, which has the potential to enable a qualitative assessment of the treatment of minors.