Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Ms Justice Ring paints an incredibly depressing picture, but for all of that I do not blame the witness. I believe the situation we are in is disgraceful, years on from when many of these issues were flagged. In fairness, Ms Justice Ring has not been shy in spelling out the damage that has been done to some members of An Garda Síochána who made these disclosures, and to some of the members of the public who are not getting answers because the commission's hands are tied. The fact that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform did not take on board the information of GSOC's lived experience of the shortcomings, and that GSOC is not being consulted in the real sense about the changes that are due, really sums up the Department of Justice and Equality. I appreciate that the commission cannot comment on that but I thank the representatives for coming in to the committee. It has been useful, albeit scary.

I apologise to the Chairman as I must leave now. I will follow up on the debate later. I must be somewhere else now.