Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 September 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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Go raibh míle maith agat. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an tUasal Ó Cualáin as a ról nua. Go n-éirí leis. Níl sé éasca.

I realise there is a boundary, that the Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality also has a very important role in this and that the matters will be discussed in detail. Our remit is because the acting Garda Commissioner came before us and said he would give a report. That has been looked at, he made a mistake and has apologised and said he should not have. I am not going to go on about that, I accept his apology.

I am concerned at how the report was not given to us after the acting Commissioner left here. He had said in good faith that he was going to give it to us.