Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 July 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána

9:00 am

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I hear that. Members of the Oireachtas have spoken vociferously on the recruitment moratorium and the lack of resources for the organisation. They have spoken even more loudly than senior Garda management. That basic data cannot be retrieved speedily in 2017 is a chaotic situation. That is my point. With respect, senior management should be shouting from the rooftops and not perhaps being so politically cautious on such issues.

What is the Commissioner's reaction to the concern that there was a discrepancy in some of the evidence given by several of her officers in the recent court hearing of the incident at Jobstown? It has been a matter of wide public commentary, including by An Taoiseach. Has the Commissioner spoken to the officers in question? Has she spoken to the Taoiseach on this matter? What form is the review of these concerns taking?

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