Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 May 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána

9:00 am

Mr. Drew Harris:

The target is to have 2,000 members. We have 500 now. We have a major recruitment plan. We see the Garda Reserve as being important in terms of visibility, especially at crucial times. That is what we want to reflect in our strategy. We can then give people certainty about when they will be required, what duties they will be required to perform and the hours we will expect them to serve in return for the training received.