Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Changing Policing in Ireland Report: Garda Inspectorate

9:30 am

Mr. Robert K. Olson:

We have certainly been in contact with Josephine Feehily, the designated chair of the authority. I do not know when the appointment date is but she is certainly official. She still has to get her team together, but I feel frankly very good about it. They have the capacity to do just what Senator Bacik said - to really watch things, monitor them, keep it up on the radar and see things through. The real proof, however, will be once it gets in place. It is nice to set up a new thing, but what will be the outcome? It is really all about measurement.