Mr. Richard Kennedy:

I would want a patrol car. That is critical. All gardaí should have access to a patrol car so they can drive around. Bicycles are no good and neither is staying in the village. To be honest, I do not think that the countryside can be policed unless the number of gardaí is increased. For every batch of gardaí coming out of the Garda College in Templemore, probably only half of that number will be an increase. The other half will be replacing people who have retired. It is critically important that if we ring the Garda station in the local town that we are not told they cannot go out because they have no car. That is happening all of the time.