Mr. Eugene Gargan:

I will hand over to Mr. Richardson later to reply to the questions on statistics and numbers. A question was asked as to whether we have any engagement with the Garda Reserve. We do not. Part of the reason for this is that we are all reservists. We all have day jobs, we all have families and we are also all serving acting members of the Reserve and we are representatives. We do not have available bandwidth to engage with the Garda Reserve. We wish its members well and we can probably empathise with some of the challenges it has but, unfortunately, the answer to the question is "No".

Questions were asked about DFR R5 and the utility of the medical corps. I will ask Mr. Cooney and Mr. Ecock to respond to these. The answers to the other questions can be bundled together and answered by Mr. Richardson.