Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 April 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion

9:00 am

Ms Orla McPartlin:

As I said earlier, it will not be completed by the end of this month as expected. Twelve cases, plus two that are before the courts, have been completed, so the remainder are being looked at by the teams that are out in the field. Even as we speak, they are in different parts of the country dealing with these various investigations. Our aim is to ensure that it is a very thorough investigation and we would rather be slow in coming up with the final report, particularly after what my colleague has just said, to ensure that we have everything correct at the end and agreement between all members of the review team, including the two ladies from the analysis service, that the classification is correct and that the investigations that were carried out are correct as well. We will endeavour to get it done as quickly as possible, and we have undertaken to update the Policing Authority on these issues, which we have done.