Ms Josephine Feehily:

I have no problem with people contacting us, none at all. We advise them where we can. The vast majority of people in the Garda, and sometimes recently retired members, raise issues in the statutory frame that are actually matters for GSOC, particularly in respect of the enlarged GSOC responsibilities. We make sure they know that and we help them. We try to explain to them the limits of our functions. I have no problem with the contact but we have to be careful how we handle the contact and not leave ourselves exposed as a regulator.