Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 June 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed)

9:00 am

Mr. Noel Waters:

If criminal wrongdoing is found, the person responsible will have to face the full rigour of the law. If people have committed disciplinary offences and have breached the Garda code, the Commissioner has clearly indicated that she will deal with that herself. I cannot put myself in a situation where I would be telling the Commissioner what she should do. I have no doubt whatsoever that, in the event of wrongdoing being found, the Commissioner will take appropriate action on foot of it.