Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Let us remember, it is not all about savings, it is about doing things differently. This is a reform process rather than a savings process. I am afraid the savings were required because of the crisis and the need to do things more effectively. There can be more rational decisions now that we are out of the crisis and we can objectively decide on the optimum number of members of the Garda Síochána or whether we need more personnel or to deploy them differently.