Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I wish to make a last few points, Ms Justice Ring. In December 2016, we made recommendations and we are now very anxious. We have made it a priority job of work, at the commencement of 2018, to review progress on our recommendations that cover the areas of GSOC, the Policing Authority and the Garda Inspectorate. We will meet each of those entities, respectively, over the coming period, and then with the senior management of An Garda Síochána. As it is, to my best recall, there has been no amending legislation in the period since. Therefore, the critical elements of our first recommendation cannot have been substantively addressed to any level of satisfaction. The Garda Síochána Act 2005, and specifically Part 4, remain absolutely in situ. The reference to some of the minor complaints, and I know some of my colleagues have referred to them, remains the case. GSOC has been unable to jettison primary responsibility back to An Garda Síochána in terms of these matters.