Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Commissioner and the representatives of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors and the Garda Representative Association.

The general issues have been well discussed so I will ask specific questions. Do many members of the force have to use their own cars and telephones? What is the position on mobile telephones? Perhaps I am wrong but I often assume gardaí use their own private telephones in the course of their duties. While I realise there are unmarked cars, which I will not describe and whose drivers might be confused with joyriders on occasion, I am under the impression that gardaí must use their own cars sometimes. In the context of allowances, what is the arrangement? Is there an allowance for using one's own car? Must one write down every single use of a car? Can the delegates talk about this and the mobile telephone issue?