The Minister for Further and Higher Education said it is absolutely crazy that gardaí can turn up at a riot, and be the only ones there without a camera.
Simon Harris said legislation will be passed to provide every member of An Gardaí Síochána with a body-cam.
“The basic premise here is that we need to free up garda time, we need to use technology to aid gardaí in their work,” the minister said
“We also have to be very conscious, that criminals are indeed using technology now, and the idea that our gardaí would be precluded from using similar technologies would be a real problem.”
Meanwhile, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) is calling on workers to meet at the GPO at 1pm today in a show of solidarity against the “outrageous thuggery” that gripped the capital on Thursday night.
ICTU General Secretary Owen Reidy said: “We want to express our solidarity with the children and care worker attacked in Parnell Square last week.
“Our thoughts are with them and their families at this traumatic time and we sincerely hope they all recover from this awful event. We also express our solidarity with the school concerned and all its staff, pupils and families.”
He continued: “We condemn in the strongest terms the unacceptable and outrageous thuggery witnessed on the streets of our capital city last week.
“We pay tribute to our wonderful Garda, firefighters, ambulance personnel, local authority workers and our transport workers in how they have responded.
“They are an example of public service. No worker should be in harm’s way when called to work and they clearly were.”
