Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

How did the escalation occur internally? Was there a refusal or reluctance in the Department to authorise the overtime? Did that internal Garda memo issue to escalate matters between the Department and the Garda? How did it reach the cliff edge? Why was such a memo released? Did the Department inform the Commissioner's office? How long ago did the Minister inform them that this Supplementary Estimate would occur? Why was that memo released in the interim period? Surely they were informed in advance of the memo being released that the overtime would be authorised through the normal process, as it is every year - as it is in the Department of Health and in other areas.