David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

One of the consequences of not having enough officers in each division is that the Garda must make choices in allocating resources. The Tánaiste will be aware that the numbers in the drugs units dropped from 2010 right up to this year: in one division in Cork from 34 to 22; in another division in Cork from 32 to 21; in Waterford from 15 to five, which is a reduction of 66%; and in Cavan-Monaghan, amazingly, from 11 to zero. The Minister will accept that we have very serious problems with gun-related and drug-related crime. If the Garda, including the specialised units such as the drugs units - not the armed response unit but the drugs unit, which specialises in this area - do not have the resources and if the numbers are not sufficient in each of the divisions, there is a problem.

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