Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 May 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána

9:00 am

Mr. Drew Harris:

I have seen the reports on the case and have to report further to the Policing Authority on it. The investigation was well founded and reported to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions which examined the matter and found the case fit for prosecution. It went through an investigative process and an external examination by the prosecution authority which found the facts to be sufficient to state there was a criminal case to be answered.