Mr. Drew Harris:

In any of the passing out parades we have, where the people see the new gardaí marching, in and around 10% come from a country of origin other than Ireland. There is diversity and, at times, there is also visible diversity, and that is increasing as well. Moving forward, the real challenge for An Garda Síochána is to promote and encourage greater diversity in our recruitment. That will be essential. In the same way, our position in respect of a community-based policing service, which is well known in the community, puts us in a strong position in respect of that. As time moves on and our population becomes more diverse, we as a policing service will obviously want to be more diverse as well.