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

6:55 pm

Mr. Simon O'Brien:

We are talking about an incident rather than individuals. This is an issue that came up. We looked at our options. We believed that section 102(4) was engaged and we carried out an investigation. I have to say that if the Deputy was put in that position himself, with the level of threat involved and given that we are a State investigative body, he would also have done what we believed was the right thing to do at that time. We were trying to get to the bottom of what were ---

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