Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion

10:30 am

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Mr. Finn that PULSE in general is at the root of many problems. I know our discussions are on data, key performance indicators, KPIs, and multiple other crime statistics and elements. When will the witnesses be confident that the CSO can properly verify the data that is produced? That is a confidence issue for data collection generally. Perhaps Dr. Singh can answer my question too. When does Dr. Singh feel the data his unit produces will be verifiable by the CSO? When it is, we can move on from what has been two years of repeated issues with data collection or controversies. It is important that we see a timeline or a proposed process the witnesses can stand over in the context of when verification can be stood over and there is no repeat of this controversy.

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