Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their appearance before the committee. There are many questions and while my colleagues will inquire about other areas, I wish to focus on two areas in regard to Ms Feehily's opening statement.

In her comments on the Garda report that was presented to her in April, her tone and the reportage of that meeting clearly indicated that the Policing Authority was unhappy with the report. Can Ms Feehily enlarge on that and does she think it was sloppy? Does she think there was a deliberate attempt by senior management in An Garda Síochána to present a report to the Policing Authority which would mislead it? Does she believe that items were specifically excluded from that report because Garda management did not want them included, either because they felt they would not reflect well on them or for some other reason of which we are not aware? Did a process take place in the preparation of that report which was not accidental and was not caused by a bad management decision here or there but by a deliberate decision by the management of An Garda Síochána to mislead the Policing Authority?