Done deal.

So you do not use nicknames at all, no?

Hear, hear.

Who are you speaking to?

He is talking to the Gallery.

Let the ruling stand.

We have never been grateful to Fianna Fáil.

You have to hear him first.

That is an interpretation, Ceann Comhairle.

As the Minister is aware, the Garda Commissioner informed his Department last November that full vetting would no longer take place prior to trainees entering the college at Templemore. This sent shock waves across many organisations, including the GRA and other representative bodies, because the Garda do the vetting. If gardaí will not be fully vetted before they enter Templemore, how can standards be maintained?

This is Comical Ali stuff. The Garda Síochána press office has stated: "... the highest standards for all ... Gardaí will be maintained. Vetting standards for Garda trainees remain the same." They do not remain the same. They are different. Similar to the housing statistics, this was done as a political ploy in order to ensure numbers got bumped up and trainees were taken in last December, which I pointed out last year. It is not the same standard. The Minister needs to guarantee on the floor of the House that peop…

What the Minister said is simply not factually correct. Garda trainees are going into Templemore who have not been vetted to the standard required. That is the bottom line. This was done last November. The Minister is also failing to acknowledge the fact that unattested trainees are often training under supervision but are not fully vetted. The Minister knows that as part of their course they are out during certain phases and are not fully vetted. Trainee gardaí who are not fully vetted are out on patrol throughout…

Not when they enter.

They can be on the streets unvetted.

So, standards drop.

Standards drop.

They do.

Give a guarantee.

Trainee-----

They are on the streets unvetted.