Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regarding GSOC's ability to recruit, there is 3.8% unemployment at present in the State. It was announced yesterday as the lowest rate in the history of the State. GSOC has a very unusual recruitment profile, to be honest. We are looking at a certain cohort of individuals who are required to fit the skill set to do this work. Will the witnesses give the committee an indication of the personnel GSOC is chasing? They mentioned investigators. Would those investigators have been involved in other police organisations, either in the State or outside the State? They might give me an indication of what GSOC is looking for when it is looking to recruit the numbers that are being proposed and the challenges, whether budgetary or even personnel, in reaching that target.