Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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That is a positive development. I will follow the lines of Deputy Cullinane's questioning, and I will be careful. He has asked most of the questions. While the Minister responded, I was struck by the fact that his counterpart, the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and her Department also have people on administrative leave in An Garda Síochána, but they do not move sideways or get promoted. When they are on administrative leave, there is a process under way, and that is where people stay until the process has ended. They draw their salary and remain on the payroll but they do not move within the HR structure. Why are individuals in that holding pen, as it were, allowed to move laterally and vertically in terms of promotion?