Garda services will improve despite loss of nine divisional headquarters, Harris says

On Brexit, the commissioner told members that he “entirely refuted” suggestions that there was no Garda planning for Brexit, saying there was a “high state of preparation”.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said the loss of divisional headquarters from nine garda divisions in the country was really “neither here not there” as an issue because policing services in those communities “will improve”.

The loss of divisional headquarter status in nine of 18 divisions being merged was raised as an urgent issue by a number of TDs and Senators at the Oireachtas Justice Committee, where the commissioner was being questioned on a range of matters.