Mr. Mark Toland:

In Changing Policing in Ireland, we said conservatively 1,500. That does not include posts we had already identified in crime investigation, such as people answering the telephone, people at front counters and people looking after people detained in Garda stations. In most other policing services, those functions are now performed by support staff. The 1,500 does not include an enormous number every day who are performing roles in Garda divisions and stations. Conservatively, I would say the figure is 1,500.