Drew Harris will appear before the Policing Authority.
The Garda Commissioner will appear before the Policing Authority today and face questions about why tens of thousands of emergency calls went unanswered.
An internal inquiry has been conducted into gardai's failure to respond to domestic violence calls in 2019 and 2020.
Drew Harris will brief the authority on the progress of the review today.
Social Democrats co-leader, Kildare North TD, Catherine Murphy, says it's a very serious issue.
Deputy Murphy adds that some gardai may have to be dismissed.
The Garda Commissioner is expected to apologise to victims of domestic abuse who didn’t receive the standard of care they should have.
Drew Harris will appear before the Policing Authority to answer questions about 999 calls that weren’t acted on properly.
Stephanie Rohan reports from Garda Headquarters in Dublin.
The Garda Commissioner apologised to victims of domestic abuse that didn't receive the standard of care they should have during his appearance before the Policing Authority on Thursday afternoon.
The apology has come following an internal review which looked at 3,120 domestic violence emergency calls, which were marked as cancelled.
A third of the calls had a valid reason for being cancelled, but 45 per cent of them are now being investigated further.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris says Gardai should have done better for victims who needed them to respond to an emergency situation:
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