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
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source
Yes. A case was reported, and it is in the public domain, of a sergeant suspended after working in Bray Garda station.
I am just thinking of the taxpayer. There were four inquiries into this lady. There was also a case in which she was found innocent. I am not getting into any of those details. However, from the taxpayer's point of view, after five years this issue should either come to a head or not. It cannot go on indefinitely. After five years, the taxpayer is not getting value if somebody is being paid but is not a garda. How many of these cases exist? That is what I am drilling down to. I can understand a case lasting more than one year because things happen and need to be looked at. I can even understand a case lasting more than two years, but how does a case last more than five years?
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