Jim O'Keeffe
Question:149 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline, further to his reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 37 and 48 of 22 October 1991, whether the three members of the Garda Síochána promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner on 22 January 1988 were selected for promotion either (a) by means of a competition conducted by an interview board or (b) by a group consisting of the Commissioner and such of the Deputy Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners as were able to be present at a meeting specially convened for the purpose as required by the Garda Síochána (Promotion) Regulations, 1987; and in the former case if he will give the names of the members of the interview board or in the latter event the date of the specially convened meeting.