An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2025-02-18
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Ivana Bacik (LAB), Dublin Bay South

I express my sympathy to the family and friends of Quham Babatunde, the man who was so tragically killed in a knife attack on South Anne Street early on Saturday morning. Indeed, I express my sympathies and thoughts to those victims of violent crime that evening and in a previous incident in Stoneybatter, also in the city centre of Dublin. These shocking crimes illustrate for many a concern about safety on our city streets and a concern about the need for a more visible Garda presence on the streets. I know the justice Minister has been launching a recruitment campaign, but when I speak to gardaí locally, they tell me there is a still serious shortage still of gardaí, of personnel, available to police our city streets and to make people feel safer. Beyond just advertising for recruitment, what is the Minister doing to ensure that policing becomes-----

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Sitting date: 2025-02-18