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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for coming in to the committee. The Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland recommends that all complaints should go to the independent office of the police ombudsman, IOPO. My understanding is that "all complaints" includes minor complaints. Would the representatives agree with this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: I recognise that and I agree with Mr. Fitzgerald that a complaint should be related to serious misconduct or indicating criminal activity. Is Mr. Fitzgerald aware from discussions with the Department or from his reading of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland's report whether it is intended that GSOC will have to deal with minor issues and will not have an option of referring...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: Maybe I am wrong but I understand GSOC tried to get rid of minor level complaints about rudeness and gardaí not giving sufficient attention to members of the public. As Mr. Fitzgerald will understand, these are more related to discipline than to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: That was a good idea. How will the remit of the new independent office of the police ombudsman differ from the current remit of GSOC? I know that is a difficult question because Mr. Fitzgerald is not drafting the remit of the IOPO. I ask him to answer it based on his reading of the commission's report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: It is the responsibility of the Legislature to precisely define what is considered a complaint.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: Looking at the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland, will a new remit be given to the ombudsman? What is Ms Justice Ring's view? She is smiling.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: The Oireachtas appreciates the involvement of Ms Justice Ring who has experience of dealing with these issues for a long number of years. I want to discuss the Venice principles, specifically principle No. 16 which Ms Justice Ring has said should be incorporated. I believe she referred to it and it is highlighted in the opening statement. She states she believes the ombudsman should have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: Is GSOC frequently refused access to documentation by An Garda Síochána or has it previously been refused such access on the grounds of legal privilege?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: Should that be underpinned by statute or is it something that can be achieved within the current legislative mechanism? There will obviously be a row about this, in the same way that there can be rows around legal privilege. Is new legislation required?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: If the ombudsman commission were investigating a garda, would any legal advice he or she had personally received be accessible to the commissioners?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: The next issue was raised already by Deputy Clare Daly and is to do with the Garda continuing to conduct criminal investigations into its own members. The chairperson indicated that she is not informed in such instances. If she hears about such a case on the radio or reads about it in a newspaper, is there anything the commission can do thereafter to investigate the matter, as it probably...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: Why would such a case not come to GSOC? Was it because the Garda did not refer it or was operating a separate criminal investigation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: Does Mr. Fitzgerald consider that a statutory provision is required obliging the Garda to inform the commission automatically of such cases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: The last time the witnesses were here, there was an issue about the commission's business plan being implemented and resources not being given. In fairness to the Minister, he stepped up to the plate and delivered in that regard. How many staff now work in the protected disclosures unit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: That is a good idea.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. It is cruel that we force the parents of children with autism to campaign and canvass politicians to have their children educated in their local school. We all desire for children to be educated locally but the stress of having a child with autism who cannot be educated locally is severe. The child must be taken out of the catchment area and...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: I wish to raise an important issue arising from the lack of classes for children with autism disorder in the Dublin 6 and Dublin 6W region. All Deputies will be aware that it is extremely demanding to be the parent of a child with autism. It can be very stressful. This becomes particularly acute when the child reaches the age at which he or she must attend national school. We know from...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Courts (18 Apr 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to implement proposals for a community court in Dublin; the status of a proposed pilot project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18361/19]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Regulation of Gambling Sector: Discussion (17 Apr 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: I know this is an issue to which the Minister of State is personally committed but I cannot accept, and I do not think anyone else on the committee can accept, that it is a priority for the Government. The Minister of State said it is a priority for the Government but clearly it is not. We know what priorities for the Government look like and how they operate. The Government decided the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Regulation of Gambling Sector: Discussion (17 Apr 2019)
Jim O'Callaghan: From when?