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:

-----Justice for the Forgotten, I will meet representatives of the organisation. When the Chair spoke of hope for individuals, I have to temper that remark a little. My experience of trying to investigate these matters, legacy matters as they are now called, has been one of frustration. Very little is achieved through the criminal justice route. I will meet the group, I will consider the points the Chair has made and I will respond to those. Down through the years, however, these cases have proven incredibly difficult to bring to a successful criminal justice conclusion. It may be possible to find other information which is new but it is very rare for that to lead to a criminal justice ending to a case such as this.

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