Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 May 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 26: Collection of Motor Taxation
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána

2:00 pm

Mr. Martin Callinan:

No. In the normal course of events, it does not matter who is investigating a crime. If an indictable crime needs a direction, the case is usually forwarded through the channels to the superintendent who would send a file to the DPP. It would usually return through that channel. There is interface between investigators. That is the normal course of events if one is seeking a direction as to a charge.