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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...circumstances, was provided to the Policing Authority. There is sometimes, unfortunately, an assessment in the public mind that the Garda does not deal with wrongdoing or incompetence within the force effectively enough. I know it is the function of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, to deal with complaints from members of the public in respect of the force....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)

...would require another range of powers to give effect to this. We would need powers of investigation, which would have to be similar to those of the Garda, a compelling power on the Garda Commissioner and GSOC to give us access to information, and an appeal system. We would need to have a great deal of machinery that is in the discipline regulations. Finally, we are concerned at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)

...is confused at this stage. We get letters every day addressed to the Garda Inspectorate and it gets letters addressed to us. Some people think that the Policing Authority is the appeals board for GSOC but it is not. We are not. oversight, which it must do, has a parallel set of meetings with the guards. Quite frankly, I feel sorry for the guards who have to run between the four of us....