The Garda Representative Association has called on the Government to establish the Commission of Investigation it promised to set up in the wake of the Guerin Report into allegations of garda malpractice.
The association said today its members have been maligned and their reputations tarnished by allegations that have not been tested.
GRA General Secretary PJ Stone said members of the force, particularly those in Bailieboro in Co Cavan, are continuing to serve with their reputations tarnished and this has been overlooked.
Mr Stone described the Guerin Report as "one-sided" in a strongly worded editorial in the latest edition of the GRA magazine Garda Review.
He said gardaí in Bailieboro have yet to be allowed present their side of the story.
Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has acknowledged that it is difficult for gardaí on the frontline hearing scandal after scandal, but said inefficiencies in the force have to be dealt with.
The minister said she could not say when the Commission of Inquiry would be set up or when the terms of reference would be published.
It has been more than four months since the Guerin Report into allegations by Sergeant Maurice McCabe of garda malpractice was published.
The Government announced at that time that it would establish a Commission of Inquiry.
Sergeant McCabe has now agreed to work with the audit team investigating his allegations that penalty points were still being cancelled without authorisation.
He agreed to work with the audit team following a meeting yesterday with the Assistant Commissioner in charge of the Traffic Bureau, John Twomey, and the Professional Standards Unit.
It is understood Sgt McCabe has not been formally seconded to the inquiry team, however he will assist the team and work closely with the inquiry for at least a week and possibly longer.
He is expected to take the team through his latest allegations relating to the cancellation of penalty points.
Sgt McCabe has provided examples to the team of where penalty points have been cancelled and where he says they should not have been.
It is understood these cancellations involved reasons including driving emergency vehicles and the inability to find postal addresses.
The investigation now has to look not only at these samples provided by Sgt McCabe, but also at other cancellations where these excuses have been used.
The audit team therefore does not have a figure for the number of suspect cancellations.
