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15/05/2014
Minister For Justice And Equality Makes Official Statement On Guerin Report
The Minister for Justice and Equality Frances Fitzgerald has given an official statement to the Dáil on the report about accusation made against An Garda Síochána by Seán Guerin SC
The minister opened his statement by saying that the report contained "deeply disturbing findings."
Minister Fitzgerald said: "It raises fundamental issues about the Garda Síochána, their investigation of criminal cases and the responses to serious concerns raised about them, Garda management and oversight, basic policing procedures and the role of bodies such as GSOC and the Department of Justice and Equality."
Adding that significant steps must be taken to deal with the issues raised in the report the minister added: "All of the issues which Mr Guerin has found warrant further inquiry, including the individual allegations which have not been properly investigated, must be examined by the Commission of Investigation which he recommends. But the wider systemic and historic problems revealed must also be tackled by a programme of significant reform."
The full statement made by the minister can be read here.
(MH/CD)
The minister opened his statement by saying that the report contained "deeply disturbing findings."
Minister Fitzgerald said: "It raises fundamental issues about the Garda Síochána, their investigation of criminal cases and the responses to serious concerns raised about them, Garda management and oversight, basic policing procedures and the role of bodies such as GSOC and the Department of Justice and Equality."
Adding that significant steps must be taken to deal with the issues raised in the report the minister added: "All of the issues which Mr Guerin has found warrant further inquiry, including the individual allegations which have not been properly investigated, must be examined by the Commission of Investigation which he recommends. But the wider systemic and historic problems revealed must also be tackled by a programme of significant reform."
The full statement made by the minister can be read here.
(MH/CD)
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