Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Given that the numbers of gardaí in Cork have reduced, what efforts will be made to ensure there will be an increase in the numbers in Cork to fill these vacant posts and police the area adequately? We have seen that there are recruitment campaigns and that trainee gardaí are going through the process. Yet, in some of those campaigns, we have seen that the Commissioner has directed people to the north east, Dublin and various other locations where it was felt there was greater need. This left posts unfilled in places like Cork. For example, it took several years to replace a sergeant in Baile Bhuirne. There is currently a vacancy in Tír Eiltín, where there is a great demand that the garda be replaced and the community not be left exposed. What efforts are being made to fill these vacant posts I have mentioned and others across County Cork?

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