Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Dail Éireann — 2022-12-13
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Paul Murphy (PBP), Dublin South-West

Currently, more than 3,000 civilian staff work with An Garda Síochána. These are people who applied for civil servant roles and were allocated, under the Department of Justice, to work in An Garda Síochána. At the moment, they can transfer out to work in another civil servant role. They are 100% civil servants like any other civil servant. However, the Government's new policing Bill would have a dramatic impact on their employment conditions. It would effectively cordon them off and make their employer An Garda Síochána. It would mean that they could no longer transfer out of An Garda Síochána. They could no longer apply for open competitions and it would likely have a significant impact on their terms and conditions down the line. Their union, Fórsa, says there has not been engagement on this matter. Will the Taoiseach commit that the Government will not proceed with the Bill as currently written without the consent and agreement of these workers, who will be very badly affected?

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Sitting date: 2022-12-13