Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

First, it seems strange that GSOC has indicated it furnished its annual report to the Minister on 31 March and that the Minister, for one reason or another, has not yet decided to publish it. GSOC outlined the main aspects of the report in its correspondence, which is welcome, but it would be useful for the committee to write to the Department seeking clarification on when GSOC's annual report for 2020 will be published.

Second, on the burden under which GSOC works, it is painting a picture of the commission being under-resourced to handle the volume required. There is always internal politics between organisations. We had discussed adding GSOC to the work plan. Would it be possible to do that, considering it has indicated in its correspondence that it would be happy to have discussions with the committee at any stage? We could invite GSOC to appear, presumably separately rather than at the hearing that we have scheduled with An Garda Síochána. I would like clarification as to whether we can do that.