Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Has any progress been made on multi-annual budgeting for the Garda? I understand that the Garda Commissioner stopped all overtime at some stage in the past year for a while. It is not the overtime that I am objecting to. What analysis has been done on overtime and how to deal with the multiple challenges facing the Garda in a more effective manner? The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has recommended this more than once. The Garda Inspectorate report in 2015 recommended it. Will the Minister address multi-annual budgeting generally and the cost analysis of the effectiveness of overtime?