Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
2:00 am
James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
I thank the Commissioner and everyone for all the time they have given today and the clarity they have given us in terms of their answers. Returning to the €40 million in cash, the Commissioner mentioned that the management of evidence and assets is something the organisation is already under scrutiny about from the Policing Authority. There are presumably security risks associated with each of the asset classes of cash, drugs and firearms. Is this something that is internally on a very high risk register within the Garda operationally? Is it something the Policing Authority has flagged? Are there concerns either recently or in the past about how the Garda is keeping these types of assets in its possession either on an evidentiary basis or as the potential proceeds of crime?
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