Mr. Hugh Hume:

We obviously cannot talk about specific cases, but I believe the case Deputy O'Donoghue refers to is being investigated by An Garda Síochána itself, it is not a matter for GSOC. I have no knowledge and, in any case, I would be prohibited from discussing it in any way. It is fair to say that as a general principle we recognise the importance of more timely investigations and speeding up investigations that we lead. We believe the new legislation that is coming forward will allow us to do that. We are looking at ways to continually improve and reduce the time it takes for our investigations - this is not one of ours - but we want to get better at that. We are very conscious that people's careers are on hold during investigations. Internally, for those investigations that we lead on, we are constantly looking to see how we can improve and make them more timely.