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:

Oversight is not management or supervision. I am responsible for leading the organisation. If I do not have levers in respect of management, performance etc., and behaviour in particular, then this is an empty husk of a job. I would have all of the responsibility but none of the levers to deal with issues that arise. Either I have the ability to set the tenor of behaviour and the standards in the organisation and see them through or I do not. It would be very difficult to lead an organisation of this scale and importance if some power was not vested in the office of the Commissioner.

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