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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: In my remaining time, I will move on to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform spending review and the key performance indicators, KPIs, in policing. It is something that might not be especially exciting to talk about but it is incredibly influential in both decision-making and policy-making. It would be helpful for the authority to set out what it considers when it sets annual...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: When Ms Hall says that she means data about the organisation itself.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: It is not so much data about crime or ------

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that in the authority's remit? Is it what we measure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Can we move to that? My time is nearly up, and I want to hit on the data issue a little. I think it overlaps with the KPIs perhaps, but I am trying to understand how and why we collect certain data. I might submit a parliamentary question and the response that comes back is that the Department does not have that data or does not know the information. I am wondering what the process is....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I know I am out of time. It is very hard for us to ensure KPIs are met in circumstances where we do not have the data to back it up.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sorry, but I am going to return to the issue of performance evaluation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: This question will possibly overlap with data issues. The Policing Authority has a role in developing and agreeing policing plans, and that is an annual process.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: The Policing Authority examines situations where those plans are being put in place again, and not novel or new contexts. What happens in that process or what is the role of the Policing Authority in this regard? What mechanisms and tools does it have in cases where performance targets have not been met and, equally, in those situations where the Policing Authority does not believe the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I hope that the chief executive does not mind me saying but that sounds like an iterative process. If there is a point of conflict where the authority simply does not agree with a performance indicator, has it a mechanism to follow up with the various individuals or the particular policing plan and say more work needs to be done?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: That is very encouraging. It sounds as if, if that innovation happens this year, we might be in a better position to interrogate it next year.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: In terms of the softer outcomes, such as perception by the public and engagement with the public, especially when we are, I hope, moving into dealing with particular communities or vulnerable groups, if the witnesses are saying there would be a critical analysis of that and checking those outcomes are correct, how do they envisage their organisation will do that? Is it through particular...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: We would very much like to see that research.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: When is the closing date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: What Ms Hall has explained is very much the Policing Authority going out into communities and double-checking that work is being implemented as envisaged. I know, in the short time in which the authority has operated, there has been a discussion around the relationship with Garda representatives. How is that relationship right now? Does that kind of work pose issues? How is that working out?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Yes. I am also interested in communications between senior members.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: That is carefully worded.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to pick up on some of the issues the Vice Chairman raised around the turnover of staff. That kind of senior-level turnover can affect business continuity. What role does the authority have in ensuring continuity and a continuity of skill sets?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I have one final question. I thank the Vice Chairman for her leeway. We spoke to GSOC this morning about the new legislation coming through and the expansion of some of its remit. One of the areas of expansion is the inclusion of the laypeople and non-Garda people who work in Garda stations. Will that change the way the Policing Authority operates, or will it have any impact on the work...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Yes, civilian workers will now come under GSOC and it seems it can include them in its work. Will that have a knock-on effect on the Policing Authority's work?