Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Let me join the dots. In fairness to Mr. Nugent, his email to me last night was helpful in this instance. We have an acknowledgement that private email was used by people in the force - civilian and those of rank. We also have confirmation that emails sent and received on the Garda IT system are kept. However, we now have confirmation that in our State that where members use private email and an email is not sent to or received using a Garda email account, our country and An Garda Síochána has no record of those. There is, therefore, no record of any Garda-related business conducted in private emails. That is a fact. That is not acceptable. There is a range of issues for the Department relating to this, including security, financial and audit issues. What does the Acting Commissioner think of that?