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people cannot afford to live in the areas we are asking them to police. A number of people have raised issues around stop and search, and have said we need to advance stop and search. I understand calls for that from the public and I understand … other jurisdictions there has been profiling based on race and other aspects so if we are going to increase the use of stop and search, why not increase oversight alongside it? Then it would absolutely have my support. The same goes for facial recognition technology. These are great

which will support our gardaí and give them the tools they need to carry out their job. I support changes to the stop-and-search rules, reforming bail laws and the introduction of facial recognition technology, which should have been introduced in the last term. In particular

forward legislation in respect of Garda powers, which will seek to do a number of things. It will provide express provision for stop and search powers, although these exist at present, in a more detailed way. These are important powers that An Garda Síochána must have. There

Justice the figures for knife crime convictions from 2020 to 2024; if he is considering progressing legislation similar to the UK's !stop and search" campaign to deter knife crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12429/25