Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)

Also, the process with GSOC and suspensions has been going on so long that it is absolutely bananas. I have only 45 seconds left and I am trying to be disciplined, Chair. Earlier, I raised the issue of the Policing and Community Safety Authority and the comments of the chairperson. The issues raised by the witnesses are all very serious and I think I and other members of the committee have heard them before. I am not trying to put words in the mouths of the witnesses but the phrase "stones in their shoes" was used to describe the problems of gardaí. Is that a fair reflection of the issues the witnesses have raised?