Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion

10:30 am

Mr. Michael Finn:

This was purely research for the use of the Garda. We were reviewing our domestic abuse policy. That was the context in which we decided to see what we could learn from previous incidents to inform our new policy and procedures. That was the catalyst which began this process.