Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Changing Policing in Ireland Report: Garda Inspectorate

9:30 am

Photo of Ivana BacikIvana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

My second question is picking up on that recommendation about the culture. Gardaí need to see the creation of an environment where senior managers and other staff are encouraged to speak up and make suggestions to improve performance. It strikes me that this was something that came up in a number of other reports - not just the Garda Inspectorate's one but also the Guerin report - that, first of all, there was a difficulty with junior gardaí on probation being assigned overly burdensome responsibilities. There was clearly a culture where they did not feel they could say that to senior staff. How is that best approached? What is the key thing that will work to change that culture? Is it about having more diversity in the force? Is that one aspect?

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