Sinn Féin has called for serious drug and gun crime to be made a priority in the Garda Policing Plan 2008.
Speaking at the launch of the party's submission to the policing plan, the party's justice spokesman Aengus Ó Snodaigh said gardaí must crackdown on serious drug and gun crime.
He said the Special Branch should be disbanded, re-trained and re-deployed to focus on organised crime.
Mr Ó'Snodaigh also called for a higher garda profile in areas suffering public drug dealing problems.
"One of our key demands for 2008 is to see more gardaí on foot and on bicycles patrolling anti-social behaviour hotspots and residential areas with greater frequency and particularly during the hours when problematic and criminal behaviour occurs", he said.
The party said it also wanted to see all future policing plans work towards the establishment of an all-Ireland policing service.