Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What is coming down the tracks is that the large cohort of gardaí who attested in the early 1990s will be coming to the end of their natural cycle of employment. There are also the resignations and other retirements that are coming up. It is difficult when the maximum going through is 600 to 700 this year and was 700 last year. To increase to 15,000 may be on the horizon but to increase it more in order to keep pace with the level of population increase is going to be very difficult for any government to achieve. That is why another training centre could be considered.

There is one final question regarding the Garda Reserve, which is an issue that we have spoken about before. Has the recruitment campaign started to try to achieve greater visibility of gardaí on the streets?

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