Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 33:

In page 17, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following new paragraph:

"(a) secure and allocate any additional resources which are required as a result of his or her actions under subsection (1).".

If the Minister is to have the power to set priorities for the Garda Síochána, then he must also be prepared to put in place the extra resources required to implement them. We could talk about the provisions of resources for hours. In setting priorities, the Minister should also provide, to use the new buzz term, an "envelope of resources" to implement them.