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An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023): Paul Donnelly: ...they will be reduced from an already shockingly low number of nine to around five. That would render them virtually inoperable. I ask the Minister to give an assurance that they will be brought up to full strength and to state when that will happen. I also wish to raise the snail's pace use of technology. I say "new technology" but it is virtually obsolete by the time the Garda...

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