Robbie Gallagher (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Others spoke about the service plan. The old adage of "What gets measured, gets done" springs to mind. From time to time, resources will be key to implement a plan. In the case of an extreme event, for example, where there may be a dispute going on within An Garda Síochána, whether that be what we experienced previously with the blue flu or where sometimes, Garda members may be involved in a dispute whereby overtime that may be on offer may not be taken up. We have seen, unfortunately, examples of that. It begs the question as to where the Garda would be if we did not have overtime.

If a situation arose that, for whatever reason, a dispute was ongoing within the Garda, what implications would that have for a service plan, how would that be addressed going forward, how would lost time be made up and how would a plan be adjusted? As regards the performance of the plan or a review of the plan after 12 months, how would all that feed into it and what would the mechanisms be were such an event to occur?