Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 March 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Was it pressure to sign off on the report or to change the approach to the way the group had analysed the data? Both delegates have mentioned in their evidence that there had been no disagreement at the nine previous meetings and that there had been a collaborative approach to trying to address the issues involved. Was it purely pressure to sign off on the report or was there the crux of a disagreement on the backdrop to the data analysis?