Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 March 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána

9:30 am

Mr. Drew Harris:

Overtime is, I believe, value for money in the position that we are in. We have to respond to the policing demands. I know that it is anticipated that increased gardaí numbers would reduce the need for overtime. That would work out if the demand for Garda services was static, but the demand for the work that we do continues to increase. The economy opened up-----