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

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will move on from this matter. It is in the context of the pressure that was felt, that for some reason, which we cannot quite establish, they were not consulted for a statement even though their concerns were widely known. When this issue was first debated in the public domain, nobody came back and checked with them if they were okay with this. They certainly felt at a later date that pressure was put on them. I find those two things difficult to reconcile, that it could be simply an oversight, or whatever way one would want to categorise it, and that the pressure continued. Their beliefs and approach was not accepted until at least September 2018. I understand there was to be a meeting on 15 March on the progress of the review. Was such a meeting held and, if so, is it possible to get an update on that?

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