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

As Senator Conway said, many questions have already been asked. I note - other people have a contrary view on this - that with regard to the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland report, due to be published in September, an opposite approach is being taken to that taken with the Secretary General. We are awaiting a report to see what recommendations are made before deciding to move ahead with an appointment. The appointment of the Garda Commissioner is being proceeded with in advance of the report coming back. In any event, that process is well under way, as I understand it.

While I included this point in my submission to the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland it is both a matter for its deliberations and one for the Minister. How does he intend to ensure that the recommendations coming out of this report - I hope they will be radical and substantial - are implemented?

I proposed previously that somebody independent would be permanently responsible - at least in the early years subsequent to that report - for overseeing the implementation and monitoring of that. Is that something to which the Minister has given any thought?