Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I have a concern that we are employing 800 new gardaí when we do not even know what the gardaí were doing. The statistics on what they were doing showed twice the amount of activity in one not insignificant area. It is a slight concern in terms of assessing that we need 800 gardaí when we do not know what the gardaí are doing.

In terms of the digital identifier, myGovID, we are good at such matters as driving licences and the Revenue Commissioners, but when it comes to the likes of the PULSE system we are clearly inadequate. For example, they are opening ledgers in Garda stations. I would make the point that such lack of digital information is influencing all our decision making.