James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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I will turn to the efficiency of the work that is undertaken by GSOC, which is highly complex. Many of the cases undertaken by GSOC are extremely controversial. Is there anything that can be done to address the length of time it takes to investigate controversial cases? An investigation in Templemore has been going on for five years, which is an awfully long period. It is difficult to understand why that has taken such a long time. Are there, in general within the organisation, resourcing issues? Is there a shortage of legal personnel to do that work? The primary question I asked earlier related to budgeting for legal costs and external assistance. Is that something that needs to be worked on within the organisation?