Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
9:00 am
Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring:
In fairness, the Department's personnel we deal with are professional and have quite significant experience on the policing side.
If the House was setting up an independent oversight committee for policing, what would Members do? As the Policing Authority and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission have been established by more recent legislation, I assume one would make the same provision for a new oversight commission. GSOC is a creature of its time from 2007. We would like the Deputy and his colleagues to revisit that.
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