Dáil debates
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Order of Business
3:45 pm
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
Additional responsibilities were given to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission regarding protected disclosures and a business case was sent to Government to ensure that resources were available to carry out the work in the context of protected disclosures. The chairperson of GSOC, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring, was forthright in an RTÉ interview last Sunday about the inadequacy of resources, with less than was sought in the business case provided. She made the point that the organisation could not carry out the work that it is required to do. Will the Taoiseach revisit this issue as a matter of urgency? Will he also consider the independence of GSOC, which is also an issue that the chairperson articulated in that interview?
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