James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There can be all sorts of reasons for gardaí retiring earlier. We are in an exceptionally tight labour market at the moment. An Garda Síochána intends to start carrying out exit assessments to determine why individual gardaí may be leaving. The actual number compared with the overall force is still quite low.

On the Cavan-Monaghan area, I assure the Deputy that recruitment is actively happening. There will be 1,000 additional gardaí this year and 400 additional civilian staff for An Garda Síochána. We will see additional gardaí on our streets in every county throughout the country as these gardaí are trained and assigned to different areas. As I said, it is the Garda Commissioner’s role to assess the operational needs and the deployment of those gardaí.

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