Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Engagement on Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána

2:00 am

Photo of Gary GannonGary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)

That is fine. I will move on to the deportation flights we have witnessed in recent times. I have no issue at all with the Garda National Immigration Bureau's involvement in those. That is absolutely fine. However, once again on the communications that went out about deportation flights, specifically I would like to understand the operational purpose of sharing photographs of adult deportees boarding a chartered aircraft. How did An Garda Síochána assess whether sharing these images was necessary, proportionate and in the public interest? Will Mr. Kelly outline the approval chain for that process, including who signed off on the images and accompanying text? One image was shared by the Garda Twitter account and other images were shared by the Garda Facebook account. They are of adult deportees being led onto an aeroplane. What was the operational purpose and who signed off?

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