Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion
Mr. Drew Harris:
Yes, very much so. The real work starts now. We have been talking about this issue. Let us go right back to 2014 and the initial Garda Inspectorate's report and the commission's report of a year ago. The Government adopted it to have a policing service for the future. All of this has been well trailed. We have talked about it at commissioners' conferences and the associations' annual general meetings. We are at a point where we are working through the implementation process but also the changes we have to make to process. The superintendents and chief superintendents with other ranks are essential in its successful implementation. In effect, in some ways, the lines on the map are the easier piece, the more difficult piece is we are taking out an administrative layer in districts. We have to replace it with a process which is more sleek and streamlined to have decisions made faster.
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