Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate this issue as a fellow colleague in Dublin. We need to make sure there is law and order on our streets and that is why the Minister, Deputy McEntee, has ensured Garda funding has increased by more than €500 million in total and is up 27% since 2020, with €2.48 billion in budget 2025. Budget 2025 will provide for the recruitment of between 800 and 1,000 new gardaí along with 150 Garda staff and move towards 1,000 Garda Reserve members. All of that work is about supporting front-line policing in communities across our country and also in Dublin where I am aware there is a need to ensure a front-line response. That is why the task force was established. My understanding is that has reached or is reaching a conclusion and I expect recommendations to come from it. I have not seen the task force report myself so I cannot comment on what the exact recommendations are or when the report will be delivered.

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