Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The regulations are now out for consultation. A number of the representative bodies have come back on them but some have not yet. We are still waiting on some of the organisations to give their views on the regulations. Once we have all of those in, we will move as quickly as possible. A Garda recruitment campaign will start early in the new year and it is important that we do not have a Garda Reserve campaign starting at the same time. The regulations are out for consultation. I obviously want the responses to come back in as quickly as possible. We have responses from some bodies. The regulations are with the Policing Authority, senior management and the representative organisations.