Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To assure the Deputy on the retention issue, exit interviews are being done. I will have a full report, as I said, in the new year.

When it comes to the pay talks, I am obviously not around the table. I can certainly advocate to make sure the Garda representative organisations are around the table. That was done at the last round of talks, and again in this round, to make sure they are there and around the table in a way that they have not been in previous years. Anything that is decided, or a decision that is taken, will take place as part of the overall talks, which are ongoing at present. I have full confidence in the associations to make their representations and the views of their members on this issue clear, but also in the Minister for Finance and his team to be able to respond and get the best outcome insofar as possible, not just for the Garda associations but all the other unions that are representing their members in the talks.

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