Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Report on Crime Investigation 2014: Garda Inspectorate

2:30 pm

Mr. Mark Toland:

We spoke to all the stakeholders once we had published the report and have had fantastic feedback from them. They have individually invited us to come and present to their top teams. There is a real appetite to get involved at the highest level. What we want is people who can break through operational barriers, decision makers from the criminal justice partners who can come together and make decisions about the way things are managed, such as the criminal justice service, and a much better service for a victim, much quicker trials and to get through the bureaucracy. There is a real appetite from the criminal justice partners to come together at the highest level and to make decisions between those organisations. We have had a very positive response so far.