Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 June 2016
92. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the Garda Commissioner asked her to refer the matter of two members of An Garda Síochána allegedly misrepresenting a meeting in Mullingar, County Westmeath with a person (details supplied) to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; if she has made this referral yet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14318/16]
View answerOn 19 May, 2016 the Garda Commissioner wrote to me asking that I use the legal powers available to me to ask the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to investigate matters alleged to have occurred in relation to a meeting in Mullingar involving certain officers. I informed the House that I intended to do this and that I was consulting with the Attorney General about the precise nature of such a referral.
In recent days the Garda Commissioner provided me with more detailed information and I am now proceeding with the formal referral of the matter to GSOC.
