Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The most important resource available to An Garda Síochána is the human resource, the men and women who are gardaí and the civilian staff employed by An Garda Síochána. We can have many conversations about squad cars and IT systems, which are important, but without the human resource, the security that citizens feel in the communities that are adequately policed will be lost. Will the Minister give an update on the progress, under the programme for Government commitments, to bring gardaí numbers to 15,000, with the total number employed to 21,000? Much progress has been made, but I ask the Minister to provide us with an update.

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