Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thought I had covered that in my answer but I am happy to reply again. The ODCE has a staff complement of 36 and, in addition to that, there are seven gardaí. Four positions are being recruited for. There is no request for further staff in addition to those four who are being recruited. As part of the white-collar crime package, which the former Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, and I published alongside the Minister, Deputy Ross, and others in October, we set out clearly how we intend to strengthen the role of this office, turn it into a stand-alone agency, make it separate from a Department, which would be most appropriate, and develop it into a bureau of investigation for white-collar crime. In that package is legislation we put forward relating to corruption. We have a good package in place to tackle white-collar crime and we intend to see it through.

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