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Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Charles Flanagan: ...where the lead investigating agency regarding any criminal proceedings in relation to the death of a person is not an Garda Síochána, but the Defence Forces or the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. This will only arise in a limited number of cases. The amendments specify that the Defence Forces are the lead investigating agency only where the death is that of...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We cannot leave it to GSOC. The first part of its report is a shambles and a travesty in terms of what we can see with our own eyes based on the dossier of evidence that Lucia O'Farrell herself has put together. It is an insult to the Irish people just to leave it to GSOC. There has to be a public inquiry. We have some solemn powers in the House. We do not abuse them and we use them...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cross-Border Co-operation (8 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...An Garda Síochána and the PSNI is kept under continuous review with a view to identifying enhancements building on experience and the evolution of crime trends. The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has a current Memorandum of Understanding with the Police Ombudsman Northern Ireland (PONI) and GSOC’s other oversight partners (IPCC in England/Wales and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (29 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...by this House last June calling for a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the tragic incident in which Shane O'Farrell lost his life. I want to reiterate that the outcome of GSOC's criminal investigation into complaints made by members of the family of Shane O'Farrell and following a referral by my predecessor was set out in an interim report issued last year. That...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (11 Nov 2015) See 5 other results from this debate

Clare Daly: ...Bill, we believe that this is the best way to deal with the issue. This relates to the point on State security, which is not defined in the Garda Síochána Act 2005. In certain cases where GSOC wanted to investigate matters but the Garda authorities or the Garda Commissioner objected to that on grounds of national security, the Minister was the final arbiter in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (21 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...referred to in the Deputy's question I cannot say if these have been notified to me or my Department. Nonetheless, I can inform the Deputy that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) was established as a statutory independent body, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, to provide independent oversight of complaints made against members of the Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

...crimes such as the theft of a bottle of Lucozade from a shop. On oversight, one of the things that deeply affects morale within the Garda organisation is how the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, conducts its business. The unfair and prolonged investigations into gardaí, where there is absolutely no accountability by GSOC, even when investigations go on for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (28 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...case was that I should take no further action. As Counsel pointed out the appropriate forum for raising matters related to alleged Garda failings was the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) who were already investigating certain matters arising from the tragic death in this case. This arises in part from the fact that my predecessor had referred aspects of this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Oversight (9 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As I advised the Deputy in response to question 397 on 7 September 2018, issues relating to the formal sharing of information between An Garda Síochána and the GSOC for investigative purposes are of an operational nature and, as such, I have no role in this process. Section 67 of the Garda Síochána Act states that the Ombudsman Commission shall be independent in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...investigate complaints concerning the conduct of members of the Garda Síochána.  These functions were retained until Part 3 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 was enacted and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) was established in December 2005. It was not until GSOC became fully operational in 2007 that the responsibility for receiving...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: ...it is one example of the effectiveness of the Committee of Public Accounts. The second strand related to European funds. I concur with what Deputy Carthy has proposed. My understanding was that GSOC was conducting an investigation into this, but I do not think anything precludes us from inquiring from the commission as to the time it is working to. We debated two items of legislation...

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Leo Varadkar: There is a process under way. When people have complaints to make against An Garda Síochána, there is a body called the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. That body is responsible and empowered to carry out these investigations. We should allow it to carry out its investigation, allow for due process and allow GSOC to make its report. When it has made its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Issues Relating to An Garda Síochána: Acting Garda Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin (4 Oct 2017) See 2 other results from this debate

...of 2008, which focused on this area, and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission's report, which also focused on this area. I stated in my report on the fixed charge notice system that the GSOC report "concentrated on the areas that were causing members of the public to make complaints, however in doing so, the report highlighted areas that would improve the overall operation of...

Committee Report on Garda Oversight and Accountability: Motion (2 Feb 2017) See 6 other results from this debate

Clare Daly: .... 7 o’clock It is a matter of record that many of the recommendations contained in the report and the Minister's Bill were made by us a number of years ago during the debate on the first GSOC and Policing Authority Bills. I am not saying this to score points, but people have suffered as a result of some of these provisions not being available during the two years since the most...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: .... Similarly, the Courts are independent in the exercise of their functions, subject only to the Constitution and the law. As the Deputy will also be aware, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is the body designated in law to receive and, where it deems appropriate, investigate concerns from members of the public regarding the conduct of members of An Garda...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2013) See 7 other results from this debate

Shane Ross: Obviously, the Commissioner is not going to say any more. Would the Commissioner consider asking GSOC to hold an inquiry into the penalty points? Would it not be better if that body, which is independent, or an outside body, came in, in view of the fact that an independent body has been so critical of the Garda Commissioner and his carry on recently in a very sensitive area, instead of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (7 Oct 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...the cancellation of Fixed Charge Notices. The Acting Commissioner referred the matter to me with a request that I consider referring the allegations to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) for independent investigation. The Commissioner, in addition to referring the matter to me, ordered an internal examination be conducted by both the Garda Professional Standards...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (19 Feb 2014)

Niall Collins: ...opportunity. We all appreciate that the Bill is timely given the controversy which has been raging in recent days and the quite apparent divergences between the Garda Síochána and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, in recent months. There is something very disturbing about the fact that while we discussed GSOC and the independent inquiry again this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: ...to secure accountability and justice for Dara and to support moves in this House and by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties to end online image-based sexual abuse. The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, undertook an investigation of the leak and dissemination of the CCTV footage. Last August, GSOC informed me that its disciplinary investigation had concluded and a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) See 2 other results from this debate

Mick Wallace: I have issues with it. We have dealt a lot with GSOC and we have been looking at its problems for the seven years we have been in here. Rather than reinventing the wheel, it would not do the Legal Services Regulatory Authority any harm to look at the problems GSOC has faced, the mountains it has run into and the obstacles put in its way. The witnesses are not going into an easy job. The...