Results 21-40 of 101 for gsoc speaker:Enda Kenny

Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...authority is being followed through by the Minister for Justice and Equality. I expect that to be legislated for and enacted by the middle of May. Also, with regard to the continuation of GSOC and what it will be entitled to do, the appointment of a chairperson of GSOC is under consideration by the Government. That appointment should be made very quickly. I do not accept what the...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...on 15 July 2014, was part of the then Government's comprehensive approach to enhancing the protection available to whistleblowers, including members of the An Garda Síochána. Under that Act, GSOC is now the prescribed body authorised to receive protected disclosures on Garda matters. Accordingly, members of An Garda Síochána may communicate their concerns to the Garda...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...dealing with those historic and legacy cases. As I pointed out, the Cabinet agreed to the Minister's recommendation today that there be a review of the status and strengthening of the operation of GSOC. It is very important to have a system that is able to withstand and deal with the range of issues that come before it. The Government will proceed with the Minister speedily to specify...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...and tragic death of Garda Tony Golden and the shooting of himself by Mr. Mackin. Separately, arising from information made available by a firm of solicitors in February last year, there is a GSOC investigation ongoing. It is only appropriate because this is a sensitive and tragic case for the Golden family that these investigations are now proceeding in parallel, and they should be...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...family. I understand very well the exceptional family pressure to have the matter resolved. We have been in contact about the work that has been going on for quite some time in respect of the GSOC claim and assessment. It has not moved a lot from the time I met with the O'Farrell family. However, I sought an update recently to see whether the evidence submitted warrants moving this on....

Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...reports today about the question of the retention of data and the communications therein, I want to make it perfectly clear that I have absolute confidence in Ms Justice Ring, who is the chair of GSOC. It should be pointed out that there is no interpretation that GSOC has done anything incorrect. It has followed the law and has very high standards in this regard. There is oversight by...

Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: ..., to restore integrity and credibility in An Garda Síochána in its competence, professionalism and in how it interacts with the people, and the independence and oversight responsibilities of GSOC. However, it is a new way of dealing with an old structure. There have been four Ministers for Justice and Equality since 2007: Mr. McDowell, the late Mr. Lenihan, Mr. Ahern and now...

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: Under section 103 of the Act, where an investigation of public interest into the Garda is initiated by GSOC, it is required to report. The Minister for Justice and Equality will go before the Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions. That committee was set up by this Government and it now deals with this purpose. The Minister has no difficulty in going before the committee to...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...today. I expect members may want to discuss this point with him. The opportunity in the terms of reference will be to review and to assess the evidence, if any, of the security breach within the GSOC office, to establish any facts in respect of that and to make recommendations regarding measures to be taken to improve the existing security arrangements at the GSOC offices for the...

Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...of these matters. We need to have confidence, credibility and integrity both in the Garda Síochána in the conduct of its affairs on behalf of the people of the nation and also in respect of GSOC. The Deputy gave me this documentation just last week and we now have a response to it as to what we intend to do. I am not in a position to have the documentation from the DPP or...

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...to have it debated here and the Minister will respond again and take questions on it. The Oireachtas committee will also debate it, if it feels that is appropriate. We are not waiting for the GSOC report. That will come in its own time. Elements of the O'Mahony report are being implemented. It is intended that the Minister will recommend to the Cabinet that the recommendations in the...

Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: Hopefully - there is a lot of paper here - he can report to me before Easter and we can decide then on the best thing to do here. As I have said, GSOC and the DPP are utterly independent of this House. Investigations into this matter of public interest have taken place. As the Deputy is aware, some of these allegations have been investigated by the Garda Commissioner, by GSOC in part or in...

Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: The GSOC has said it regrets that it did not report the matter to the Minister.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: I reject the Deputy's assertion that the Minister for Justice and Equality set out to deliberately undermine GSOC. This is a matter on which there has been a great deal of confusion in the last period.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Minister was given a written brief by the chairman of GSOC.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: Nor is it acceptable to the Minister that members of the Garda Síochána are a liaison between GSOC and the Garda Síochána. He is not happy-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice and Equality was the first person to say GSOC was inadequate in its capacity, range and remit to do its job.

Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: I never mentioned GSOC at all yesterday. I have absolute confidence in the capabilities of the eminent judicial chairperson-----

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The latter case was referred to here in the Dáil on whatever date that was. I have already referred to the changes that are under way with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, under the direction of Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring. Protected disclosures are-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: I might say, for your information, a Cheann Comhairle, that the Government is not entitled to the report that was provided to GSOC by the company it chose. It is an independent body. However, the Minister for Justice and Equality has requested that the report would be supplied to him.