James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

An Garda Síochána made a written submission, as did many other groups, and was invited to today or last week's hearing but declined to take up that invitation. We had expected An Garda Síochána up until recently as it had accepted the invitation but then changed its mind and did not subsequently come in. That is An Garda Síochána's prerogative but we have its written submission which will feed into our deliberations at the end. For whatever reason, An Garda Síochána chose not to attend.