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. Justice Rory MacCabe:

There is a general issue of staff mobility whereby we lose people in key positions through retirement and the ordinary mobility of the Civil Service. Our staff are entitled to be mobile within the overall operation. It is often difficult to replace the key members of staff we lose. People who are recruited do not become effective until they have been properly trained. I have already dealt with the difficulty in recruiting people who are trained.