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

I did not say there are no issues. There are always issues with any nation. In terms of establishing a bespoke security agency, which I imagine would be an Irish version of MI5, MI6, Mossad or the CIA, or something along those lines, it is one of the matters that the Commission on the Future of Policing, headed by Kathleen O'Toole, is considering. We are expecting its report in September. We will take it from there. On the face of it, it sounds like a good idea but when one looks at it more closely, there are definitely upsides and downsides. The transitional period would be quite difficult. We would have to legislate and transfer staff over from the Garda, military intelligence and other places. There would not be a straightforward period to move to that.

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