Garda Reform
Dail Éireann — 2020-09-10
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Paul Murphy (PBP), Dublin South-West

Are last week's media reports accurate in suggesting the Government is seriously planning to take the power to hire and promote senior gardaí from the Policing Authority, which was a reform designed to protect whistleblowers in particular, and give that power back to the Garda Commissioner? In light of all the scandals, can that really be the Government's plan?

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Sitting date: 2020-09-10