Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 May 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission

Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring:

It is varied. I indicated that our annual report would be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas today, but I understand it has been held back a week. However, the committee should be seeing our annual report for 2018 soon. In it we set out, for instance, where complaints come from in terms of the country. In some instances chief superintendents have come to us to look for further information to dig down in their local area. We have given them that information and we say we have seen a reduction in the following years. I will again name check chief superintendent Dominic Hayes in the Kilkenny area, who came to us two years ago and noted that certain figures relating to his district were set out. He wanted further information, and we saw a resulting reduction in the following year. It can be down to people being curious, looking for information, and acting on foot of the information.

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