Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

I do not accept for one minute that it is a failure, or a costly failure. The current level of funding for the recruiting and training of the Garda reserve force is in the region of €600,000 per year, which is a reasonable figure in the context of an overall sum of €1.6 billion for the Garda Síochána Vote.

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