Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the public service recruitment embargo, announced on 26 March 2009, will apply to the recruitment of full-time members of the Garda or the Garda Reserve; if it will apply to civilian employees working for the Garda; if an assessment has been carried out on the implications for policing and of the number of gardaí who will have to be diverted from full-time policing duties as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15663/09]

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