Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
My final question is in respect of the divisional and operational model. Everybody is agreed that the divisional model, particularly the three county structure, is nonsensical. The Commissioner last week did not appear dyed in the wool in the about it, or at least seemed open to the prospect that it might change. I would urge that this would happen quickly. On the operational model itself, I sense a distinction between the two organisations. The GRA has articulated a desire to return to the model that was previously in place. Correct me if I am wrong. Reading the AGSI's opening statement and submissions, I am getting a sense that it supports the specialisation aspect and that it is more an issue of the numbers not being there to sustain the model. That would lead me to believe that if we were to reach some of the numbers that have been mentioned, the AGSI would feel there is some scope for the current operational model to work. Am I correct in either or neither of those assumptions I am making about both organisations?
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