Mr. Cyril Dunne:

It is important to say that over 60% of the training or development of a newly recruited garda happens operationally out in the stations. That is something we must be careful about because the last thing we would want is to overburden the front line with a large increase in the numbers needing mentoring, training and ongoing development. This was picked up in some of the inspectorate reports, challenging us as to the level of support we are able to give at the front line to people who are undergoing that development. So it is not just a question of the physical capacity of Templemore - the ability to actually absorb and to properly develop people in the front line is also important.