Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 May 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána
9:00 am
Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Is there enough recruitment? We have mentioned the recruitment of between 600 and 800 members this year. I refer to the impact of retirements and people leaving An Garda Síochána. Is the recruitment of 600 new gardaí allowing us just to stand still? Should the figure be increased to 800 or more? I know that there are budget constraints which Mr. Harris has mentioned. Ideally, should we be looking at recruiting 800 to 1,000 new gardaí each year to increase the total?
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