John Joe O'Connell

Good morning to everyone else.

Yeah, well, look, we were on the record for this for many years.

And I suppose the tragic incident of Grace Lynch and Grace's Law that subsequently came from that, we welcome all new legislation.

But at the end of the day, I hate using the term talk is cheap, but you have to give our members, members of An Garda Síocháin on the ground, if the government and the public want us to deal with this, you have to give us the proper resources.

There's nobody pursuit-trained in this country.

No member of Angarda Síochána is pursuit-trained.

And give us, we're looking for, we had a recent conference there at the end of April, a month ago, and part of those motions passed there in relation to, we're looking for a work driving licence to protect our members on a private driving licence.

And we're also looking for a framework about pursuit training, you know.

Oh yeah, we were talking about this for years.

So I accept you might be taking it back and some of your listeners, but we've been on the airwaves and on the media and on talking about this for many years, you know, about the lack of training for our members.

It's absolutely scandalous.

I will say there was a mention there about previous legislation.

Section 41 of the Road Traffic Act was enacted in 1994, two years before I joined the Cardiffshire Econa.

And that gives members of the Garda Síocháin the power to seize any mechanically propelled vehicles.

So we call that everything from a motorcycle to a truck that doesn't have the proper driving licence and insurance exception in a public place.

And that did include... Look, whether I'm driving from the office or offices in Dublin,

or through the country.

You see scramblers, whether it's from where Shane's area there is, DMR West, or across to Shank Hill, or down anywhere across the country.

Scramblers on one wheel, e-scooters as well, I'll include this, with their riders and passengers as well wearing balaclavas.

Now, you put Dave McCullough and John Joe Connell in a patrol car and tell them to try and intercept that scrambler on one wheel going down through Cabra.