Geraldine Feeney (Fianna Fail)

I ask the Minister of State to consider, where a garda was under the spotlight and a hearing was pending, that he or she should not be allowed resign until that hearing was heard. That might resolve the problem Senators Hayes and Walsh spoke about. The person would be more or less locked in – if that is not too strong a description – until the disciplinary action was heard. They would not then benefit from a nice financial package.