I propose to take Questions Nos. 321 and 322 together.
In the talks late last year with public service unions, which as the Deputy knows did not result in agreement, the discussion with the Garda Associations centred on issues such as a revision of the Garda rostering system, the augmentation of Garda civilian staff through redeployment, and the development of performance management in the organisation.
More generally, an extensive Garda modernisation programme is in place under the terms of Towards 2016, and issues relating to this and other aspects of reform and modernisation can be discussed at local partnership level in the Garda Síochána or at the Garda Conciliation and Arbitration Council.