Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish with the Garda Commissioner the number of individual members of an Garda Síochána who have referred complaints through the Garda confidential procedure for each year since the inception of the procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4493/14]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have come forward to make complaints to the confidential recipient. [4554/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 156 together.

The Garda Síochána (Confidential Reporting of Corruption or Malpractice) Regulations 2007 provide for the appointment, and functions, of a Confidential Recipient to whom members of the Force can report, in confidence, instances where they believe there may be corruption or malpractice within the Force. The Confidential Recipient is required to transmit each report to the Commissioner but, in doing so, is bound to protect the identity of the confidential reporter.

Regulation 15(1) of the Confidential Reporting of Corruption or Malpractice Regulations 2007 requires the Garda Commissioner to report to me not later than four months after the end of each year in relation to any confidential reports made during that year. The number of confidential reports made during the years concerned is set out below.

The Garda Commissioner will report in relation to 2013 in due course.