Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Before I go to the question, I welcome Ellie Fay from Finglas, who is a student, to the Public Gallery. Many of our Oireachtas members bring students in here from time to time and it is always a very worthy and worthwhile thing to do. The future is bright when we have bright, dedicated and focused young people in our community.

Back to business. What steps does the Minister intend to take to deal with the current retention crisis in An Garda Síochána? It has become a continuous problem in recent years but particularly acute recently. Many members of the force are staying for a short time and then moving on and going off to other employment. This is causing a great crisis because we also have the crisis in recruitment and coupled together the two issues are causing serious problems.

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