Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Inspectorate

It is interesting that the inspectorate sees itself as possibly undertaking that inspection role. I am not sure about that myself even though I consider the Garda Inspectorate to be hugely important and believe it should continue to function as a key oversight body. Given that we are talking about inspections of all places of detention, not just those in Garda stations, how would that work? Would the inspectorate see itself inspecting stations, overseeing the transit of prisoners to court and the whole shooting match? How many staff does the inspectorate have who could do that job? It could be labour intensive. It is an interesting idea and I want to get my head around how the inspectorate might do that work.

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