Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It seems a striking response when added to Ms Feehily's earlier indication that the authority does not, under the legislation, have the role to appoint the new Garda Commissioner but that this comes under the Public Appointments Service instead. The witness is now saying that what the law really means is that the authority would never recommend the removal of a Garda Commissioner. The reality is that the head of An Garda Síochána is the subject of a tribunal because what she said was not really believed by Government. It seems the authority's peer organisation in Scotland treated the issue very differently when it recommended that the Chief Constable there stand aside while an investigation was carried out. No damage was done to his reputation.