Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party) | Oireachtas source

I will address the Minister of State's last point first. He and his Department are very good at misrepresenting a number of facts as well. Earlier his senior Minister stood in the Chamber and told Deputy Collins it was Ken O'Flynn's fault for securing 20 gardaí to Cork city. Getting 20 gardaí for Cork city is more than welcome, but the Minister failed to recall how many people have retired and left the force as well. Those figures are not being released by the Minister of State's Department on a regular basis. The Department is great with fanfare and announcements, whether in Limerick, Cork or Dublin, about how many new gardaí there are but it never releases the figures for how many are retiring, how many are replacing and how many others have left the force. I have seen piles of them leave the force. It is great to see a Garda recruitment drive, it absolutely is-----

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