Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am very keen to ensure we can proceed with legislative change on the matter of the current Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and I will do that in due course. I was pleased that, in last week's budget, a further sum of money was allocated for the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to allow it to expand and develop in accordance with its business plan. I expect progress in that regard shortly. In the proposals in the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing, oversight will be streamlined within the new bodies. The new body, the PCSOC, will have three functions: oversight of An Garda Síochána through inspections etc, research and promoting development of local policing accountability structures. These are all things that will form the subject matter of the debate when we see the recommendations as taken on board by Government. I expect we will be back to this very shortly.

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