The Minister for Justice Mr McDowell has announced an additional €4 million funding for the Garda Síochána.
The increase in funding will help crime-fighting measures and will be provided before the end of the year.
Meanwhile, Mr McDowell is finalising his plans for the new corps and intends to announce the details shortly.
He is in talks with the Garda Commissioner and the new head of the Garda Traffic Bureau, Chief Supt John Farrelly, on how the new corps would work and where its members would be deployed.
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Around 500 of the 2,000 extra gardaí to be recruited in the lifetime of the Government will be deployed in the new corps, and these will be joined by around 600 existing members.