Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Oversight: Discussion

12:00 pm

Mr. Kieran Fitzgerald:

There is an obvious break in our ability to do that and there is an obvious barrier in the fact that we cannot initiate examinations of practices, policies and procedures on our own initiative and motion. We need ministerial approval.