Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Is that not the point? Two statutory bodies reported on this matter almost eight years ago. The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission stated the system did not need to be confused as there were too many types of fixed notice charges. In the intervening years, however, more charges were added to the system. In 2014, at the height of the scandals into fixed charge notices when the public eye was focused on the issue, the Garda Inspectorate issued a report, yet the Garda is only now looking at it three years later. Assistant Commissioner O'Sullivan states in his report that, in his view, one of the reasons for the problems was the lack of senior staff at the Garda National Traffic Bureau during the period in question. The GNTB did not have a designated assistant commissioner in this period during which seven different chief superintendents were assigned to it. This returns us to the issue of responsibility. Who is responsible for the turnover of management in this area and the failure to fulfil roles. I ask the assistant commissioner to address the point that an assistant commissioner for organisational development and strategic planning was in place during that timeframe. Assistant Commissioner Jack Nolan performed this role between 2012 and 2015. The Garda Inspectorate report informs us that this role, which was filled, has corporate responsibility for GISC as well as information management and data quality issues. While the GNTB may not have had an assistant commissioner, was it not Assistant Commissioner Nolan's job to oversee the data?