Mr. Drew Harris:

There is a fact that the increments plateau at a certain point. It takes quite a while, perhaps in comparison with other jurisdictions, to work your way up through the increments. When somebody gets to seven or eight years' service as a garda, they are very experienced and competent and yet they are still waiting on increments to come in the following years. People see that as being unfair. That also stretches into the sergeant rank as well. It takes a long time to progress up through the increments. If somebody has been a sergeant for three or four years, they are the rounded product then but they are still waiting for increments to accrue. I have a lot of sympathy for the unfairness people perceive in that.