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
Mr. John Twomey:
I just wish to add to that. Yesterday afternoon, we met all of the assistant commissioners, chief superintendents and civilian support staff from all around the country. There was a very clear determination from everybody in that room that whatever action needs to be taken throughout the country will be taken to rebuild whatever damage is done to the trust and confidence and to which the Senator quite rightly referred. The errors of today, which the Commissioner and members of the committee have described in many different words, will become strengths as we move on. The strength of the organisation is built on what has happened in the past. There is a very clear and palpable determination from the people to reach out to every member in every corner of the country to address the very issue the Senator asked about.
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