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

The Deputy referred to the funding in the budget to recruit 1,000 more gardaí this year. That should be more than enough to cover retirements and resignations. That recruitment campaign is now under way. Decisions on how gardaí are allocated to different services in different regions are not made by the Minister or the Taoiseach. Such decisions are made by the Garda Commissioner, and it is appropriate that it should be thus. Perhaps it would be best if the Deputy were to contact the Garda Commissioner directly about that.

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