Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion

10:30 am

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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I have a number of other brief questions. I found the description of the events during Deputy O'Callaghan's questioning quite extraordinary. I find it remarkable that there was to be a discussion at the Policing Authority on 27 April and a report was furnished to the Policing Authority specifically on these matters and that Dr. Singh and his team did not have sight of it. I find this almost impossible to comprehend. Would the assistant commissioner agree that this is comparable to a discussion taking place at the Policing Authority involving significant drugs issues and the Garda national drugs and serious crime unit not having sight of the report?