Ms Siobhán Toale:

I fully agree with the Deputy's point. We are working hard to get gardaí back. I cannot give him a precise answer on the particular individual he mentioned but I certainly will look at all the applications in the pipeline, if that is helpful. The time it takes to process an application depends how long people have been out, what level of training they had when they left and whether more security vetting is required if they have been abroad. There is a range of factors that have to be put through the machine. There might, for example, be a need for a medical. I wish I could be more precise.