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

We did have a motion of no confidence in the Garda Commissioner, which I did not think was a good move by the GRA but it happened. We did have a threat of work to rule, effectively, for the month of October, which did not happen but overhung the whole month until it was resolved. The Garda Commissioner has not been invited to the GRA conference and the Minister has already decided not to attend. These issues of morale are real and the statistics I gave the Minister on resignations are real.

The Minister did not answer my question about the Dublin allowance. I am interested to hear what she has to say about that. Has her Department investigated what has happened in London since 1920 and how the changes have been effective in ensuring that essential public sector workers such as nurses, teachers and police officers have stayed within that employment in the UK context? If we could encourage something similar here, it would address some of the issues we have in terms of the cost of living and accommodation costs.

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