Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is a fairly straight question, in fairness to Deputy Ward. It is my ambition to get to 5,000 but I will not get 1,000 this year. I am dependent on getting more than 1,000 in the next four years. The number at present in An Garda Síochána is 14,227. We also have the Garda Reserve and Garda staff who do lot of the work gardaí used to do. We are getting more gardaí available. I am hopeful about it. I am more positive about it than I was on the day I started, to be frank, because of the recruitment campaign.