Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána
10:30 am
Mr. John Twomey:
I will ask Assistant Commissioner O'Driscoll to speak about Tusla. With regard to the Deputy's other point, I reiterate that the issue of the breath tests was something we brought into the public domain originally and it is similar with regard to the summonses. Everyone is asking about transparency. When this came to our attention originally, we brought the issue into the public domain. Following that, in regard to the fixed charge notices, it was Assistant Commissioner Finn himself who held a press conference to give greater detail on it. We certainly take on board the points the Deputy is making but one thing we should recall is that, at the outset of all of this, it was An Garda Síochána which brought these issues into the public domain in the first instance.
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