Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána
9:00 am
Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:
It is an absolute priority. As late as yesterday, every chief superintendent in the country came to Garda headquarters. We can get the breakdown of which officers are working on this per division for the Deputy. We do not have that information with us, but we would be happy to provide the Deputy with the logistical breakdown of how many people are working on it. It has been made clear to all of our managers that this is a priority. It must be finalised as soon as possible. As the assistant commissioner said, there are two analysts in the Garda traffic bureau. Recently, we secured a commitment from the Government, working closely with the Policing Authority and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, to recruit civilians with the proper skills and qualifications. It has taken us a very long time to do that. As we discussed yesterday at our meeting with the chief superintendents, we have identified the positions required to put in place divisional business units so that, if we need to do something again, it can be done more speedily and efficiently and with systems that enable us to have the data. However, it is a work in progress. We do not have it as yet. We are doing with the old system-----
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