Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority

9:00 am

Ms Josephine Feehily:

Give me one moment and I will locate it. She expressed concerns about the homicide review and the classification of data. The person she telephoned was not dealing with the matter and had to consult colleagues. She called her back; the conversation was short. She was not in a position to speak. She then called my colleague back and she was assured that, as she would have seen from the authority's meeting with the Commissioner in public, the matter was being taken very seriously by the authority. She was also advised, and that seemed to be news to her, that we had their letter of 11 May. She was advised that we were demanding additional material, that we were also broadening our inquiry to include the CSO to get their perspectives, and that we absolutely had all of the matters on her letter of 11 May on our agenda. The note I have states that she appeared to be satisfied with the assurances and she thanked my colleague for calling her and giving her that information.

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