Garda plan is more of a proposal that may not be provided for

On Monday, a new policing plan for the future went into effect. We will now have fewer, larger Garda divisions. Six overarching regions will become four. Twenty-fourdivisions will become 19. That’s the architecture.

Senior management is to be streamlined, more gardaí will be on the beat and there will be a major investment of resources to ensure that ICT, transport, human resources, and accounting skills are in place to support effective management of larger divisions, which will, we are told, be more autonomous.