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29/07/2008
Fine Gael Claim Cuts Will Affect Operation Anvil
A Fine Gael TD has claimed the Government's cost-cutting measures could affect the work of the frontline police, including those involved in Operation Anvil.
Charles Flanagan, Fine Gael Spokesman for Justice, Equality & Law Reform said on Tuesday that frontline policing operations have been slashed this week under Government-imposed cutbacks with a 'top-level' directive to Gardaí has imposing major restrictions on Operation Anvil, weekend duties, road traffic policing, Businesswatch and community policing.
The Minister also claimed this is against a backdrop of Ireland experiencing a time of spiralling crime, citing recent CSO figures which show a 73.5% increase in murder threats, a 23.4% increase in harassment and related offences, and a rise in murders by 27.9%.
"These cutbacks could not have come at a worse time for law and order. With the August bank holiday weekend due, Gardaí will be restricted in their ability to enforce road safety and clamp down on anti-social behaviour and drunkenness.
"Weekends are also the peak period for burglaries. Communities are entitled to protection, but these cutbacks fly in the face of Government promises to protect its citizens," said Minister Flanagan.
He added: "When they unveiled their cutbacks, Taoiseach Brian Cowen and his Finance Minister Brian Lenihan insisted that essential services would not be affected.
"No-one believed them, and just a few weeks later we are seeing the State's ability to enforce law and order being damaged."
Accusing the Taoiseach of being responsible for the nationwide economic down-turn, he said: "Brian Cowen blew the boom, but now it is ordinary citizens who will pay the price in terms of higher levels of crime and anti-social behaviour."
(DW)
Charles Flanagan, Fine Gael Spokesman for Justice, Equality & Law Reform said on Tuesday that frontline policing operations have been slashed this week under Government-imposed cutbacks with a 'top-level' directive to Gardaí has imposing major restrictions on Operation Anvil, weekend duties, road traffic policing, Businesswatch and community policing.
The Minister also claimed this is against a backdrop of Ireland experiencing a time of spiralling crime, citing recent CSO figures which show a 73.5% increase in murder threats, a 23.4% increase in harassment and related offences, and a rise in murders by 27.9%.
"These cutbacks could not have come at a worse time for law and order. With the August bank holiday weekend due, Gardaí will be restricted in their ability to enforce road safety and clamp down on anti-social behaviour and drunkenness.
"Weekends are also the peak period for burglaries. Communities are entitled to protection, but these cutbacks fly in the face of Government promises to protect its citizens," said Minister Flanagan.
He added: "When they unveiled their cutbacks, Taoiseach Brian Cowen and his Finance Minister Brian Lenihan insisted that essential services would not be affected.
"No-one believed them, and just a few weeks later we are seeing the State's ability to enforce law and order being damaged."
Accusing the Taoiseach of being responsible for the nationwide economic down-turn, he said: "Brian Cowen blew the boom, but now it is ordinary citizens who will pay the price in terms of higher levels of crime and anti-social behaviour."
(DW)
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