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.