Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This section is specific to whom the Garda Commissioner must engage with if the resources available to his or her for the period of a particular plan are to be exceeded. As I mentioned, we are ensuring the Commissioner must engage with the Minister and the board, which will now have responsibility for oversight where resources have been exceeded or will potentially be exceeded. The Commissioner will then engage with the Minister if additional funding is required, as would be the case for additional overtime or for other areas for which the Commissioner may need additional funding or resourcing to fulfil the plan. In such circumstances, there will have to be engagement with the Minister to see how that can be addressed, depending on what exactly is being exceeded and by how much.