Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

To follow up on that with Mr. Olson, an extraordinary point that is made in his fuller submission to the committee is that although the 2005 Act provided for the establishment of both GSOC and the Garda Inspectorate, there is no statutory basis for collaboration between the two organisations. There is no information sharing provision, for example. It relies very much on informal processes. If nothing else were to be done, does he think a legislative provision providing some basis for interaction or collaboration between the two entities would go some way towards resolving any duplication of function that currently exists?