Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has issued a reply to persons (details supplied); if she will provide the definition sought; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25695/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The persons referred to in the Deputy's question were among those whose complaint was referred to the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM). The IRM was established for the independent review of certain allegations of Garda misconduct, or inadequacies in the investigation of certain allegations which have been made to me as Minister for Justice and Equality or the Taoiseach or other public representatives with a view to determining to what extent and in what manner further action may be required in each case.

The outcome of the review of their complaint and the recommendations of counsel were communicated to them on 3 July 2015. Subsequent to this letter of notification having been issued, my Department received a letter in which they asked about the appropriate authorities to which they should refer the matters of concern to them. That letter indicated that they had, in fact, already been in contact with those relevant authorities of which they already appeared to be aware. The question of whether anything useful might further be communicated to the persons in question is under consideration.

The Deputy will appreciate that where a person believes they have been a victim of a criminal offence they should bring their concerns to their local Garda station or to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission if they have a complaint concerning the conduct of members of the Gardaí.