Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 February 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission

9:30 am

Mr. Hugh Hume:

I will address that as best I can. Obviously, as the matter is before the DPP we are constrained. On the timeline, I can talk to some of that. The Deputy has seen some of the letters going back to Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring, so I do not propose to regurgitate themper se. However, it is important to state that for GSOC at the time this was a very complex and unique investigation. More than 7,600 documents were gathered as part of this investigation into very technical issues. It was something that was quite outside the normal scope of a police oversight body. It was a very technical and complex investigation and that was the reason we brought in-----

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