Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My understanding is that the PSNI has recruited further officers specifically to deal with Brexit. I am concerned that we have not reached the same levels of preparation. Policing along the Border requires further resources, as the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will know. Some 43% of stations within a ten mile radius of the Border have closed in recent years. There are, for example, 169 Border crossings in the Cavan and Monaghan division alone. We need to ensure that resources are available to deal with these prospects. Ballyshannon district, which is on the Border, has received no recruits since the moratorium and its traffic unit is down to only one patrol car. Buncrana district, which polices a number of busy Border crossings, has received only two trainees in total and that was only in recent weeks. We need to ensure that we are prepared. I heard the Taoiseach talking yesterday about further recruitment in other spheres to prepare for a hard Brexit but I did not hear him say anything about recruitment in An Garda Síochána and the further resources which we believe are required.

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