Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 April 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. Michael Finn:

I would say that the pressure came from us as an organisation in trying to respond to the Policing Authority and from elsewhere in terms of trying to bring these matters to a conclusion. It was very public and was having an impact on public confidence. On the one hand, we were anxious to try to resolve the matter as speedily as possible. Maybe our quest to do that resulted in our rushing it and not doing it properly, as has now unfolded. We have learned that lesson. I think that pressure came from all of us in terms of asking if we could get it done and if we could satisfy the Policing Authority and the public. There is no issue with our homicides. I think that may be where the pressure came from or where the perception of pressure came from on their side.

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