Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 85: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to the annual report of the Garda Ombudsman Commission for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28355/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I welcome the 2009 Annual Report of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission which provides an update on the activities of the Commission for the year ending 31 December 2009, the second full calendar year of the Commission's operations. I am pleased to note that GSOC has carried out a re-structuring of its Divisions which has had the effect of producing greater efficiencies and resulted in the virtual elimination of the pre-admissibility backlog which had built up in the early months of operational activity. This in turn has led to a situation where complainants and Gardaí received a speedier response to complaints and queries. I note that GSOC hope to review these effects in 2010 with a view to further enhancing the output of the organisation and to improving further the service to all stakeholders. In accordance with section 80 (6) of the Garda Síochána Acts 2005 to 2007, the Report was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas in May of this year and is available in the Oireachtas Library.