In today's election debate, we discussed crime and how it should be tackled.

Have we experienced a surge in crime in recent years? And is the government applying sufficient resources into policing and criminal justice actions?

Nicola Tallant, Investigations Editor with The Sunday World, Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan, Jim O'Callaghan, Fianna Fáil spokesperson on justice and equality and TD for Dublin Bay South, and Gary Gannon, Social Democrats candidate for Dublin North-Central, joined us to discuss these issues.

Listen to the interview in full by pressing the play button on this page.