Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Justice Ring. I would have had contact with that family and I welcome that news. I know it was a cause of frustration and concern that it has taken a considerable period of time but I welcome that news and hope the report will be with the family as soon as possible.

There has been a fair bit of questioning about resourcing and the ability of GSOC to deal with its workload. One of the points made in the correspondence to the Department that was released under freedom of information was that two of the central objectives of GSOC are to ensure that investigations happen efficiently and effectively, and to promote public confidence in the process. The correspondence stated quite clearly that if Government failed to provide those resources, GSOC would fail in those two central objectives. Is that still GSOC's position with the current level of resourcing?