Written answers

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Garda Investigations

9:00 pm

Photo of Liz McManusLiz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when arrangements will be made to instruct members of An Garda Siochána that it is not necessary to take a longhand note of interviews with persons in custody when such interviews are being electronically recorded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40150/09]

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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My Department and the Garda Síochána, in consultation with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Office of the Attorney General, are considering proposals for a new system which would allow the taking of contemporaneous written notes to cease where interviews are electronically recorded.

There is a complex range of training, technological, financial and legal issues to be addressed before the changeover to a new system could take place.

The Garda Síochána are at an advanced stage in developing proposals for the operational aspects of a new system. Because of the complexities involved, it is likely that any new system would initially be introduced on a pilot basis to allow all the operational and legal aspects to be fully tested and evaluated.

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