An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-06-20
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I 100% want to join with Deputy Farrell in condemning those cowardly people who attack our gardaí and other front-line uniformed and non-uniformed professionals. We are proceeding with body cams for gardaí. I hope that will at least reduce the number of assaults they have to endure, make it easier to catch those who engage in such assaults and be useful in general when it comes to detecting and preventing crime. We need to make sure that gardaí have the tools and the technology they need. That is being progressed. It was agreed by the Government today. The use of facial recognition technology on a retrospective basis for serious crimes will require separate legislation. That will be done at a later point in the year.

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