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

I thank the Minister for her opening remarks. We will now commence our consideration of Vote 20 and then move through the rest of the Votes one by one. Since no member desires to contribute on Vote 20, I will do so myself.

The increased budget for overtime within An Garda Síochána is an important component of the flexibility enshrined within the organisation and its ability to respond, as we saw, unfortunately, last year. Does the Minister believe the budget she has allocated this year, which represents an increase by comparison with that allocated in previous years, is sufficient to cater for eventualities such as those we saw in Dublin in 2023 and additional day-to-day policing activities resulting therefrom?