Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

I thank the Deputy for his comments. First and foremost I would like to say that the death of John O'Donoghue was tragic and I extend our condolences and sympathies to Mr. O'Donoghue's family. As I mentioned earlier in terms of Garda resources, it is something that we do keep under continual review. We have a new allocation and deployment model which we are working on. That will factor in all of the factors that the Deputy has just mentioned, including the loss of the four gardaí in east Limerick. The matter will be addressed. The point I would like to make, and we made it earlier in terms of the allocation particularly of student gardaí, is that student gardaí are going to areas where they can be assisted in their training. That allows us to free up more experienced gardaí to transfer to various areas so deployment is something that we keep under review.