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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: ...and ask for the organisation to come back with a more realistic timeframe. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 491 is from Ms Mary Ellen Ring, chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. It is dated 30 March and provides further information requested by the committee regarding the Garda College in Templemore and the use of EU funds. While the investigation has...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Matt Carthy: ...so I will not say anything more in that regard. I will also comment on the apparent contraction in respect of the level of staff in place. It might be a consideration for us to invite GSOC representatives before the committee as part of our work programme. I believe it would make for a useful engagement. GSOC carries out important work with various reports in terms of its...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with that. The level of resourcing may well play into that. It would be useful to have an engagement with GSOC. Other than that, I am fine with this item.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: We will note and publish it and we will ask the chairperson to clarify whether she believes GSOC is adequately resourced. I suggest the secretariat, when corresponding with GSOC would ask whether the commission has the figure for the number of criminal investigations in 2020. The document gives the figure of 485 for criminal investigations for 2019. I was surprised by that in a service...