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

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Harris has mentioned that public accountability is important. I understand he does not want to comment on the report. Obviously, there is a link with the Department of Justice and Equality and it has been recommended that they should be separated. Obviously, Mr. Harris is here. There are many channels that facilitate oversight and accountability. Maybe a private submission will be made to the Government. My view is that there should be some streamlining so that Mr. Harris is not getting direction from 20 different places and so that oversight can work. That was something that came out of the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. I appreciate that Mr. Harris does not want to go into his full thoughts on that.

My next question relates to IT systems and PULSE. After two months in the job, what are Mr. Harris's thoughts on PULSE?

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