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

Ms Emily Logan:

Internally, we have a cohort of staff who have that expertise. Recently, we have had more numbers where we have had to go to people who have Garda expertise. In that situation, our staff will sit in on the interview and supervise to ensure we are satisfied there is an independence of questioning of the child in that context. We still have primacy, as it is called, where we are the oversight body for that investigation.