Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is good to engage with the witnesses again. I thank them for the information they supplied. As has been said, GSOC is necessary. I understand the purpose of the organisation but, obviously, it is not perfect and the witnesses are striving to improve that. Mr. Justice MacCabe mentioned the 26 vacancies in the organisation. Given the issue that arose in the public domain in April last year, what new background checks are being carried out on individuals hired by GSOC? I am sure he will agree that whole episode was very embarrassing and damaging to its reputation.