Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The group of people who came out of Templemore just before Christmas was just after the Dublin riots. That was understandable because a capital city cannot be policed on overtime. I imagine a high amount of overtime is being used over and above the €10 million that was allocated to Dublin. I am hearing that people from outside the Dublin region are being asked whether they want overtime in Dublin. I assume that the issue of resources in Dublin is still an ongoing issue. However, if the new recruits go there, which is understandable because there was a particular problem, and I believe there still is, the Garda will never catch up in other areas. It is just very difficult to see how the Garda ever properly looks at resourcing areas that are growing in population.