Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The next item is No. 966, from Mr. John Dollard, chief superintendent of An Garda Síochána, dated 8 December, providing information requested by the committee regarding media reports of an official strike action by senior officers and its impacts on investigations by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. We will not publish this item because the information has been provided on a confidential basis and because it concerns an industrial relations dispute. The chief superintendent states that the matter is being progressed through all available dispute resolution processes, including the industrial relations machinery of the State. I ask members to bear in mind this is an industrial relations issues and that they should respect the confidential nature of the information. This item was flagged by Deputies Carthy and Catherine Murphy.