Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 September 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion

10:00 am

Photo of Martin ConwayMartin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Ms Feehily and her colleagues and thank her for her engagement. I listened very carefully to the answers she has given to my colleagues. An answer for which I am struggling to find a word to describe is the one Ms Feehily gave to Deputy Daly, in which she stated the authority would only exercise its powers to recommend the removal of a Garda Commissioner if it knew something nobody else knew. If the dogs on the street are aware of a reason to remove a Commissioner and the authority chooses not to make such a recommendation, how can this circle be squared?

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