Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

The Minister stated there are two separate systems, one below the rank of corporal and one above. Do we have a standardised system that is adhered to fairly and strongly by the relevant people? Part of PDFORRA's criticism was that individual senior officers more or less take the law unto themselves and determine the criteria. Two tiers of criteria seem to operate, namely, the standardised criteria and the informal criteria applied by individual senior officers.

At the end of his reply, the Minister mentioned that a review will take place of the new promotions criteria to be established. Will the Minister elaborate on what that will entail, when we can expect it and how it will operate within the various ranks?

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