Gardaí were spat or coughed at 93 times between April and June but report high levels of public complicance

Gardaí also processed over 30,000 vetting applications for Covid-19 related roles.

The Gardaí were given enhanced powers to police the public during the Covid-19 lockdown which expired on Monday.

Gardaí used their enhanced Covid-19 powers over 300 times out of 1m interactions with people during lockdown.

Officers were spat or coughed at 93 times between April 8 and June 6.