If an increasing number of gardaí are leaving the force, how does the Minister propose to achieve his target for Garda numbers if he does not increase recruitment in parallel? The two year training programme in Templemore is regarded as a major success. However, it includes a requirement to complete a dissertation and present a project which probably takes about three months to prepare. It must be extremely difficult to dream up such projects for one's dissertation. Would this three month period not be better spent on the beat in the community and recognised as part of the training programme? I am trying to make constructive proposals which would accelerate the pace at which recruits finish their training at Templemore in order to replace those leaving the Garda Síochána.