Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion

Photo of Patrick CostelloPatrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I would like to come to the Policing Authority now. When we discuss accountability and oversight, one of aspects I am conscious of is something that I am not sure has been taken into account in drafting this Bill. Some years ago the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform defined accountability in public service as: "The formal obligation to submit to a mechanism designed to achieve external scrutiny in explaining and justifying past conduct or actions with the possibility of consequences arising." I am interested to hear the Policing Authority's views on that definition, how this proposed Bill matches up to that and how the authority's current work matches up to that definition of external scrutiny explaining and justifying past conduct or actions.

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