Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Defence Forces: Discussion

9:30 am

Dr. Mark Mellett:

There is a process. I am not familiar with the incident to which the Deputy referred. We have an investigative process when an incident merits a military police investigation. That has happened in the case of the spyhole. That is subject to an ongoing military investigation and the outcome has not been reached.

I am not aware of the first incident Deputy Clare Daly mentioned. If there is additional material that would inform that event more broadly, I would welcome receiving it. I have confidence in the investigations within our institutions and the requirement for the military police to have the ability to investigate fully, take statements from all those involved, and for victims, without fear or favour, to be able to give evidence about events.

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