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 sure I can answer the Deputy's question by quarter. At the end of the last year, complaints had risen by an additional 12%. Some 2,189 complaints were received by the end of 2021. That is a continuous increase, year on year, of approximately 12%.