Shatter upbeat on topic of Garda recruits
As part of an agreement with the EU and the IMF to cut of the public sector employees, the last government agreed to reduce Garda numbers to 13,000 by the end of 2014, having peaked at 14,500 at the end of 2010.
Addressing 126 garda graduates at the college, Mr Shatter said: “We have a financial envelope in which we have to operate.