Mr. Joseph Nugent:

Deputy Chambers asked about visibility, Garda presence in the community and so on. The Government decision on increased numbers of Garda members and civilian members who will be available to us in 2017 and beyond provides us with the opportunity to do what we referred to earlier. The civilian by default aspect provides us with the space to allow us to move people involved in specialised or back office roles and to make them more available for operational policing. Equally, we are providing for the extra gardaí coming along as well as the release of gardaí involved in non-operational roles in future as well.