Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Oversight: Discussion (Resumed)

2:35 pm

Photo of Alan FarrellAlan Farrell (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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It is important that all professionals receive continuous professional development as the core of their ongoing work. I concur that bringing people in from outside is always a good thing. Ms O'Sullivan mentioned the internal audit and internal affairs type of structure in the force and spoke about whether that should be moved to GSOC as part of its role. Perhaps that would not include the auditing element but the investigative element could certainly be considered. I ask her to outline this in more detail.