Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána

Mr. Drew Harris:

I met representatives of Justice for the Forgotten. We had a good meeting and they told me I was the first Commissioner they had met in some considerable time. There were actions flowing from that and we will deliver on those over the next months. I also met other and had exchanges with other victims. That has been part of my almost monthly duties in terms of meeting various families, not only from the period of the Troubles but also from other tragic circumstances, and assuring them of our ongoing interest and care for them.

I received a report in respect of North Frederick Street. We are building in the lessons learned in respect of how we deal with situations in which private individuals seek to repossess property after civil proceedings. There has been a change in how we manage those operations. In short, we are far more assertive in terms of how they are done and at what time they are done and to make sure they are done to minimise the risk of breach of the peace.

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