Mr. Drew Harris:

As of two weeks ago, the Policing Authority referred this matter to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. It has been accepted by GSOC as an investigation and it is dealing with that as a complaint investigation. An investigation is under way by GSOC. In some ways, that inhibits some of what I might say about that because GSOC has to come to its view on this matter. In similar cases where we have investigated members of the organisation, be it Garda members or Garda staff, we apply the law in a fair and equitable manner and consideration is taken of the approach that should happen. At the same time, if we are investigating crime, we are charged with following the processes to obtain evidence, and part of that is interview after caution, arrest, and interview after caution, including search etc. These are the processes we will apply in any of these investigations we are conducting.