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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dún Laoghaire Court Request.

Resources for crime-prevention campaign

Summary

Kelly challenged the resources and practical impact behind the Minister’s crime-prevention campaign; the Minister responded briefly, and the Chair deferred the supplementary question.

The Minister himself has referred to the campaign of crime prevention. Can the Minister tell the House in the simplest terms what resources, other than a very high profile public campaign centred on his own personality, he has invested in this campaign?

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John F. O'Connell An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

This relates to a specific case.

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Had the Minister not mentioned this campaign against crime——

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Is the Deputy offended by it?

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Let us suppose that I had emigrated for 20 years and had come back to this country yesterday, what would I see on the streets that had not been there last week that is attributable to this campaign and to nothing else?

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John F. O'Connell An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

Could the Deputy hold his supplementary for a couple of minutes? It relates to the next question.

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