Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have won the oral questions lottery this week. This question relates to the issue of Garda resignations, which I have raised a number of times. There were 147 resignations from An Garda Síochána last year, which was unprecedented. The Minister decided not to attend the Garda Representative Association, GRA, conference. That was an unsurprising move in the absence of an invitation to the Garda Commissioner. That being said, low morale and other issues within An Garda Síochána would have been raised with her there. I ask her to speak to the number of resignations from the force and what she is doing to address the matter.

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