Mr. Drew Harris:

Training 1,000 new recruits would stretch us. We need to have a good sense of how quickly we can expand. We can manage 800 recruits, but there are pressures in doing so. I am content that we are following the right course. The budget constraints stem from my responsibility, as Accounting Office, to stay within the figure of €1.76 billion. That is the way that I cut up the pie. It is also viable tactically in concentrating this year on the Garda staff who will allow the displacement of experienced gardaí to work on the ground.