Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am trying to ascertain what Ms McPhillips’s role is. Is she as concerned as I am? I cannot fix it but she is in the Department. I am telling her what I am hearing day on day, week on week from senior gardaí. Even people who are involved in the recruitment process who have waited years are then being turned down on things such as BMI. I am sure when people get into the Garda, their BMI is not checked, and if their BMI is way above what it should be, they will not be dismissed. I do not see how it is a factor for recruitment no more than age, which we know is already in the legal sphere. Is Ms McPhillips as the Secretary General as concerned as I am? We have a growing population. We have international protection asylum seekers all around the country. We are not matching Garda figures in our ports and airports. We are not matching Garda figures with the growth in population at all. We are going backwards.