Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses and thank them for both their written and oral submissions to the committee. My first question is for the acting Garda Commissioner. In the first two paragraphs of her written submission she talks about substantial reform, trust, respect, confidence, accountability, transparency and professionalism. Those are the main points in those paragraphs. Would she not say that on the ground the opposite has been the case in recent months and that people have lost their confidence and trust in An Garda Síochána? Many people, both within the Garda and in the wider community, are deeply disturbed about some of the evidence that has come forward from people such as the whistleblowers.