Mr. Dónall Ó Cualáin:

They may need some investment because of the building regulations that now apply and that did not apply when they were closed. That is a matter for the OPW to decide. Once the position is clear, the question will be providing the resources to bring them up to a standard that they can be reopened. We will then have to consider the personnel issue. The position is improving in that many recruits are coming out of the Garda College Templemore on a continuous basis. We expect to see a dividend throughout the country in a meaningful way in the next 12 months as we start to increase the net number with which we started. In effect, we are recruiting far more than we are losing to retirements on an annual basis.