Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have a final question for the Minister. Did someone in the Department have to sign off on the extra costs attached to the special legal team of the former Commissioner, Nóirín O’Sullivan, to deal with the Charleton inquiry? We are aware of the fact that the head of Garda human resources, John Barrett, opposed it and said it was not a good idea. Given this decision was going to cost money, did someone in the Department have to sign off on that from a procedural point of view? Can the Commissioner of the day do as she sees fit in this area?