Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 April 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons

9:30 am

Ms Oonagh McPhillips:

At the end of the day, what is involved in that is the provision of gardaí, of people. As the Deputy and all members will be aware, everywhere has an acute demand for Garda members. The Commissioner has been constrained to some degree over the past two years by the fact that Templemore has been restricted. The numbers that have come on stream-----