The Taoiseach will be aware that on page 85 of the programme for Government there is a commitment to replicate the north-east inner city model of support for communities at particular disadvantage. He will also be aware that last week, a report entitled, Darndale A Long View of an Enduring Challenge, was published on behalf of the city council. Among other things, it calls for a co-ordinated delivery structure, a new approach to crime prevention or a broken windows strategy, as it were, a bespoke education programme and wrap-around youth services. I had the opportunity to meet Sphere 17 Regional Youth Service, which is seeking 450 additional service days to help support this community in a difficult time. Will the Taoiseach put in place a structure to start to implement that commitment in the programme for Government so this report that has just been published can be brought to life?

As Deputy Bruton said, the programme for Government commits to building stronger and safer communities. It also commits to expanding the Dublin north east inner city model to other comparable areas experiencing disadvantage. At a joint policing committee, JPC, meeting last Friday, Mr. Gerard Roche, the chief superintendent in Limerick, when speaking about drugs, said, "We have more intelligence than we can act on." I have been a member of the Limerick JPC for more than ten years and I have never heard such a blunt statement from such a senior garda. This is a startling statement. The local drugs gang in my city, unfortunately, is working 24-7 dealing its filth across our communities. It is giving the two fingers to everybody. I said this to the Minister for Justice and Equality last week. The two fingers from these drugs gangs are not just to me, the local community, the Garda Síochána or to Limerick council; they are two fingers to the State. I ask the Taoiseach to ensure that additional resources, including gardaí, are deployed as a matter of urgency to deal with these thugs in my city. The residents need some assurance that they will not be abandoned.

On Deputy Bruton's point, I believe not just in the replication of the north-east inner city Dublin model but also, and I was in the Liberties recently, in the initiatives of the early 2000s in the revitalising areas by planning, investment and development, RAPID, programme and the idea of a multi-sector and multidisciplinary approach to particular communities. It was one that worked.

We need to recreate something along those lines. Embracing a whole range of inputs, from housing and education to community enhancement, in terms of facilities, amenities and sport, was a system that worked in providing supports for people within those communities and it is something I intend to pursue. In response to Deputy Quinlivan's points, what I have just said also applies there. His points seem to be more around the operational side of An Garda Síochána and the need to deal with the drug gangs in a particular community in Limerick. We will certainly engage with the Department of Justice and Equality and the Garda on that. I have no doubt that the Garda has been very effective in many communities, to be fair, against many such gangs. The moral of the story in terms of how the gardaí apply themselves is that people may be giving two fingers but they do not give two fingers for too long before they are apprehended and dealt with before the courts.