Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 31 March 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána

9:30 am

Mr. Drew Harris:

We have made addressing the leaking of information one of our priorities in respect of our anti-corruption measures. There are a number of ongoing investigations. Regrettably, we have identified instances in which we regard the leaking of information to not only have crossed the threshold for misconduct, but the criminal threshold. Those investigations are ongoing and the results will be reported to the Director of Public Prosecutions. I have made it very clear, as has Deputy Commissioner Coxon, that we have zero tolerance towards the leaking of official information to the public or to any other entity. There are proper processes to be followed. We regard such activities as very much a breach of trust and, therefore, as serious misconduct.

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