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

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

A strategic information decision is sought from An Garda Síochána. My language may not be quite right but GSOC may ask the gardaí for information, whatever it is called, and then GSOC decides whether it will take a public interest investigation. I raised a particular incident and was concerned that it was not related to a public interest investigation. This related to a discharge of a firearm within a dwelling during the course of a raid in Cabra in Dublin. Video footage was published on some of the newspaper websites. Would Ms Justice Ring agree that an incident such as that would be appropriate for a public interest investigation? Should it not be the case that all discharges of firearms within dwellings require a public interest investigation?

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.