Mr. Drew Harris:

I will address the last point on Letterkenny first. The chief superintendent for that area in Donegal has informed me that she has discussed the matter with her other business partners, including Tusla and the local authority, and that they are working together to put dedicated teams in place to provide a service in Irish. A divisional officer who is a fluent Irish speaker was recently appointed as a new member of staff and we are encouraging that person to be one of the front-facing members for the provision of policing services in Letterkenny. We are also going to draw together a cohort of our other personnel to ensure that a service can be provided in Letterkenny through the medium of Irish. That has all been in response to Letterkenny becoming a Gaeltacht service town, as announced last August. The divisional officer and her staff have been at the forefront in making sure An Garda Síochána is responding effectively to that.

I will turn to Mr. Mulligan to assist me on the issue of training. There is a budget and there is support for training. There is a desire within the organisation for people to be fluent and we want to support them in those terms. I ask Mr. Mulligan to outline all the training provisions we have put in place.