Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 July 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána

9:00 am

Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

Any lessons will be learned. I might also say, because I am picking up on Deputy McDonald's point in terms of public confidence in An Garda Síochána, that the purpose of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission being established was that if any person has a concern in relation to any activity on the part of a member of An Garda Síochána, the ombudsman commission is the independent body which can receive complaints about the conduct of any member of An Garda Síochána and that is from a public confidence point of view.