Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Aodhán Ó RíordáinAodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I want to look at the Garda Inspectorate report of April 2019, entitled Public Order Policing. The report contains a number of recommendations. It states:

The greatest risk regarding public order for the Garda Síochána as an organisation is not from the potential for widespread public disorder, which in an Irish context would be considered relatively low, but rather arises from inconsistent governance and the application of Garda policy. An important issue to emerge from the inspection is the absence of a public order strategic threat and risk assessment, STRA. ... The absence of a STRA is a significant organisational risk and the Garda Síochána should urgently develop a formalised public order strategic assessment of threat and risk.

Do we have an STRA?

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