Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions
Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
6:05 pm
Mr. Simon O'Brien:
Certainly, I was in communication with the acting deputy director, Ray Leonard, and we discussed this. There are devolved powers and we were very much of the view that the threshold, which is quite low in terms of opening an investigation, was satisfied and met. We proceeded on that basis.
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