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:
Our legislation says it must relate to a named garda who is capable of being subject to criminal or disciplinary proceedings. That does not mean that if there was a wealth of information, the commission itself could not potentially open some sort of an investigation. By and large, however, our legislation says it must be against a named individual who is subject to investigation. A member of the public would have to name a garda.