Ms Siobhán Toale:

As the Deputy knows, we have a great Garda College and it does a great job. Our CPD programme was on ice for a couple of years, with Covid, etc. The college has consulted widely internally. I am not sure about external partners. Perhaps one of the other witnesses could comment. The Garda College put this programme together and it will be available to all Garda members. As I said, it is a three-day programme. A very comprehensive training programme of 36 weeks is in place for trainees, with two slots of 12 weeks in the college, and this aspect is also addressed during that time. I happened to have a conversation with the chief superintendent who runs the college the other day and there is very much a focus on this area of training.