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Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Department of Justice and Equality

Garda Oversight

Photo of Pádraig Mac LochlainnPádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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542. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a criminal justice inspectorate similar to that in place in the North of Ireland, as recommended by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. [21626/15]

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Inspection of criminal justice functions is currently undertaken by a number of agencies. The Garda Síochána Inspectorate and the Inspector of Prisons have a significant role as independent bodies charged with the inspection of An Garda Síochána and the Prisons Service respectively.

The Oireachtas Committee's recommendation was made in the context of the Committee’s Report on the Review of An Garda Síochána Act 2005. The possible establishment of a criminal justice inspectorate, which would have a remit covering the entire justice sector, is being considered my Department. Consultations with the relevant agencies are ongoing, together with a review of the relevant legislation.

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