Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2023-10-04
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Helen McEntee (FG), Meath East

The Bill is very clear. There is a division. A separation of divisions in community policing is one of those new divisions. Every area will have its own community garda. People will know who their community garda is. The community garda will be responsible for engaging with the community and responding to it. Obviously, we need to make sure we have the numbers to be able to populate all of those areas. That is the challenge at the moment. We want to make sure we have-----

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Sitting date: 2023-10-04