Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have no sight of where gardaí are coming from. I have been given assurances that there will be a high-visibility presence right up until and during Christmas. That will obviously be revised. In the interim, 153 new members of the force will come out of Templemore. Some of them will go to Dublin. If members have come from other areas, that will help to alleviate that. Some of those 153 will go to other parts of the country. I do not have a direct line of sight of who has come from where. Obviously, additional funding was allocated for overtime. That means that there are gardaí actually stationed in Dublin central who are doing overtime. I know that is a significant ask of many people, so the more gardaí we have, the more pressure it takes off these individuals.