Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

The Minister said in reply that there are ongoing discussions with the Garda Conciliation Council concerning new regulations. When will these ongoing discussions come to a conclusion? When can we have regulations that are appropriate to today? It is a long time since the original Morris tribunal was established. It is a long time since its first report. However, changing things seems worse than trying to turn a tanker, so the status quo continues today. We are now in a hopelessly inadequate situation, where proper disciplinary procedures that would be available in any normal circumstances are not available for the Garda Síochána, pending the termination of discussions with the Garda Conciliation Council.

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