Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I referred earlier to professionalisation - getting officers out from behind desks and onto front-line duties - and to the ongoing recruitment to get us to a workforce of 15,000. Diversification of the force is a very important part of the Commissioner's new role. I do not refer to gender alone, but also to race and background. My constituency is in Dublin metropolitan region north for Garda purposes. A few years back 105 nations were represented in my local authority area. Is that something about which the Commissioner thinks in the recruitment process? Is diversity in this area something he actively seeks to achieve?