Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Oversight: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. Robert K. Olson:

If we find what we believe is corruption or whatever, based on what we are seeing, we immediately go to GSOC or in some cases put it to the Garda Commissioner. On the other side, what we do not hear about is in GSOC, because they are a little more secretive about it. It does its internal things and it should be secret, but if it is seeing a pattern, that is where we should all be talking together to see what it is and then make a decision on who will follow up on finding the systemic problem that might be causing this disciplinary issue.