As this is the first time I have spoken in the Dáil, I want to thank the constituents of Dublin Bay South and my family and friends for getting me here. The programme for Government contains a very clear commitment that the city centre task force report for Dublin will be implemented in full. Does the Tánaiste agree that we cannot police our way out of problems in Dublin city? We need to deliver a liveable city and give people reasons to come into the city centre. When does the Tánaiste expect the interdepartmental group charged with implementing the recommendations of the task force to report to the Government? When that group reports, does the Tánaiste expect it will include recommendations in relation to funding? If we cannot fund the recommendations, we cannot deliver on them.

I thank Deputy Geoghegan and congratulate him on his election to Dáil Éireann, representing the people of Dublin Bay South. I look forward to working closely with him. I want to thank him for the instrumental role he played in the Dublin city task force during his time as Lord Mayor and first citizen of Dublin. We have a really good piece of work now, with very clear recommendations and owners beside each of the recommendations. The Deputy is right that there is no one issue here. Of course, we need to do more on Garda numbers in the city and we are all committed to that but there are so many other things that need to be done to create the liveable city that we all want our capital city to be. The interdepartmental group that has been established to drive implementation first met on 23 October last year. It has met four times since then including, most recently, on Tuesday of this week. It will submit its report to the Government in due course. I will seek a further update for the Deputy on that. I absolutely expect that will require funding as well and the funding will be forthcoming.