Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)

At the weekend, Mark Tighe reported in the Sunday Independent on the apparent toxic workplace environment and irreparable damage happening at the Corporate Enforcement Agency. In his piece, Mr. Tighe referenced the disintegration of the CEA's leadership team and the gaps in experienced police investigators. Many of those posts are vacant or were never filled at Garda sergeant and inspector ranks. According to the piece, soon just three of 16 gardaí that can be employed will remain.

The memorandum of understanding between the Garda Commissioner and the Corporate Enforcement Agency, CEA, appears not to be worth the piece of paper it was written on in terms of the allocation of resources and secondments. Is it the Government's intention to review the memorandum of understanding and will the Minister direct that the CEA immediately initiate an organisational capability review to run in parallel with the workplace culture audit given the very important caseload before the CEA, for example, the case of the FAI?

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