Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Ms Feehily has made the point that the evidence they gave here last week was clearly very powerful. She talks about it speaking to issues of culture and speaking out, which it most certainly does. However, she then appears to downplay it a little and says that it is an employment issue. She said the authority would be conflicted if it got involved with factions. To be honest, I found that shocking. I do not know how one would describe professional expertise in terms of data analysis, on the one hand, and rank structure, on the other, as being two factions. They are different skill sets. I am trying to get my head around how the Policing Authority, which had 20 meetings with the rank structure about the homicide review, felt it was not within its remit to meet the professional staff who offered their services to enlighten the authority on that.

Does Ms Feehily still think that this was just an employment issue? She referred to the most useful thing she could do for the two women. Does she not accept that the issues that were being raised were not for the two individuals? They had absolutely nothing to do with something that would end up going to GSOC. They were raising an issue which is a function of the authority, the performance by An Garda Síochána of its functions in terms of the classification of data relating to homicide. How could that not be something the Policing Authority would not investigate or discuss with them?