Fine Gael TD calls for junior minister for gardaí

As relations between the gardaí and Justice Minister Alan Shatter grow increasingly strained, a government TD has asked the Taoiseach to appoint a junior minister to the department, claiming Mr Shatter “doesn’t have the time to engage properly with gardaí”.

Fine Gael TD calls for junior  minister for gardaí

Fine Gael’s Tom Barry said: “I have written to both the Taoiseach and Minister Shatter asking that a junior justice minister be appointed who could liaise with the gardaí and see what resources are needed.”

The Cork East TD said there is a junior minister for defence for the 9,500-strong Defence Forces. But there is no junior minister for justice for more than 13,200 gardaí.

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