Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Oversight: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. Robert K. Olson:

Our suggestions to the committee were made in the context of the current statutory authorities. The issue the committee has brought up is what we are trying to mend in the single recommendation we made relative to the requirement of GSOC, the Minister and the Garda Inspectorate to get together when these issues arise and make decisions relative to who will do what and whether it would be better for us to do it. On the other side, we find things that are systemic and that involve what could potentially be disciplinary and other issues as well, but we do not do discipline. This would be our suggestion to consider as a way that would solve that problem.