Call for Vulnerable Persons Register to be rolled out in Louth

At Tuesday's Dundalk Joint Policing Committee Independent councillor Maeve Yore queried if a Vulnerable Persons Register was in operation in Louth and if it wasn’t could it be implemented.

She explained that the register allows carers and relatives of those with Alzheimer's or dementia to register their details and in the event of a family member going missing the gardai can access their details quickly to help ensure their safe return.

“We've had a lot of people going missing in the country, never mind the county. The Tipperary division have rolled it out and it has been a huge success.”

In response, Superintendent Charlie Armstrong said that while there was no such register in Louth he would take a look at how it has been rolled out in Tipperary. 

He did point out however that “we have Operation Chara which has worked very well and continues to work well, that would be where relatives can come to the guards to say that a relative needs additional assistance.”

He further informed the meeting that community gardai still perform duties that were seen during Covid whereby they drop in to elderly or vulnerable members of the community to have a chat and see how they’re getting on.