Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 April 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission

9:30 am

Mr. Hugh Hume:

I am not exactly sure, but my understanding is that a number of allegations were made at the start and they were being dealt with slightly differently. At that point, GSOC brought them all under one umbrella and conducted a criminal investigation in respect of 56 separate allegations that had been made. Those 56 allegations were investigated and a determination was made that there was no case of criminality. There was then a disciplinary investigation, to which my colleague, Ms Logan, has alluded. That is a process we currently have to go through where we have to reset and start looking at the case again with a view to potential disciplinary matters. That disciplinary investigation examined 13 separate allegations and a recommendation was sent to the Garda Commissioner, who I believe took some action on the matter.