Debate contribution: Garvaghy Road: Policing Cost
Debate contribution by Mrs Naomi Long on .
- MLA
- Mrs Naomi Long
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 28 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Garvaghy Road: Policing Cost
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5762151
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Text
To be clear, I did not attribute blame to anyone for the fact that we needed additional feet on the ground on the Garvaghy Road. The truth is that police were there and needed mutual aid and assistance simply because there was a potential threat to order and life. They had no choice but to call on that additional resource. The figure of £5 million that I gave is the figure from the summer before last summer. I will have the mutual aid figures for this event in due course. However, it has to be said that it is a diversion of resources and local police from what they could and should be doing in communities across Northern Ireland. That is one of the reasons why I again implore those with influence in the community to try to bring the situation to a conclusion as quickly as possible.
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