Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Future Direction of An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner
9:00 am
Mr. Drew Harris:
The July 2017 judgment was addressed to the Chief Constable of the PSNI, which is currently in the midst of the appeal process. It would be entirely wrong for me to comment on matters still seized by higher courts relating to that judgment.
On the wider point, of course I will work with the various coroner inquests and other ongoing avenues in Northern Ireland inquiring into matters that occurred during the Troubles. We have a process under way and, for example, we are assisting Operation Kenova. Only recently I viewed papers supplied to the coroner in an inquest. It is an ongoing process and as a Government agency and police service, we are about assisting the judicial investigation and inquiry.
The Deputy's last question was about meeting victims, and of course I will meet those victims. There is no issue and I have invitations pending relating to meeting various victim groups.
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