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

Regarding case management and complaints, according to the figures supplied by GSOC, I see that 485 criminal investigations were opened in 2019, 572 were opened in 2020 and 557 were opened in 2021. A total of 658 disciplinary investigations were opened in 2019 while 752 were opened in 2021. GSOC corresponded with the committee last year and sent us figures for 2020 last July. If we look at the criminal investigations, we can see that 557 were opened. The total figure for criminal and disciplinary investigations is 1,309. This is heading for 10% of the workforce. If we remove senior management, who would be desk-bound, we are probably looking at a figure way in excess of one in ten of people working in the service. I presume those figures are accurate.