Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

I am very grateful to the task force I established for launching its report on Monday. It is a really good blueprint for Dublin. I expect the interdepartmental group to be established without delay as in within days and that it will report to the Government in the middle of December with a three-year action plan for moving those recommendations forward. The figure of 1,000 gardaí is a big figure but is one that is required. It is entirely doable when we see Templemore back at capacity and a new class graduate from it around every 12 weeks.

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