Results 21-35 of 35 for gsoc speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...of exasperation that she has correctly shared with the Minister is also felt by this committee on that matter. He recently requested the committee to address the designated new commissioner to GSOC arising out of the transfer of Mr. Toland to the Garda Inspectorate last October. We were willing to do that but we find the new designated commissioner is in the United States and not...

Committee Report on Garda Oversight and Accountability: Motion (2 Feb 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...heard, it became evident that the legislative powers governing the oversight bodies needed to be strengthened to ensure more effective oversight and accountability. Our report contains nine recommendations which are set out on pages 20 to 22. The first three recommendations relate to GSOC. The legislation underpinning GSOC, the Garda Síochána Act 2005, has been in operation...

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...- the Minister of State may not recognise or accept what I am about to say - now appears to be in a shambles. The past fortnight has been dominated by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, scandal, with the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, at its epicentre. This has diverted attention from a situation that is also extremely serious and in which two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...on 2 August, the day of Mr. O'Farrell's tragic death. There is a societal requirement to address properly all of these failings. Will the Minister give us any hope or expectation? Aside from GSOC continuing to address it, will the Government consider the case of Mr. O'Farrell? It will inform us of where the clear fault lines are in the practices of An Garda Síochána and,...

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...disgusting, despite the fact that the Garda Inspectorate report, we believe, vindicates the claims made by both gardaí? Does the Taoiseach not agree that it is time now no longer to park matters for the GSOC report or any other report, review or opinion that will present? There is sufficient information and evidence to prompt an immediate response from the Minister. Will he come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...". I appreciate very well the restrictions that apply regarding commenting on a matter that within a very short time, hours only on that day I believe, was referred to, and is now being addressed by, GSOC. There has been virtually a close down of any public commentary. There was a limited response from the press office to a local newspaper inquiry at the time that shed no light, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Inspectorate (23 May 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...Mick Wallace. I can almost anticipate from where he will come on the matter. We share a disposition on many matters. Would Mr. Toland like to elaborate a little on what he said? This series of engagements with GSOC, the Policing Authority and the Garda Inspectorate is taking place against the backdrop of the publication of our report and I would like Mr. Toland to give a little more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...has had, would many members have instanced situations he would have felt necessitated advice to refer to senior management or even to the newly prescribed means of highlighting these problems directly to GSOC through the protected disclosures process? Has such a situation ever presented in those engagements or has the Garda Inspectorate not been viewed by individuals members as an...

Committee Report on Garda Oversight and Accountability: Motion (2 Feb 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...are contained in this report. I welcome the Minister's confirmation that she had a specific meeting in this regard last month with the chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and I am happy to note that the Minister is shortly to go to Cabinet to secure approval to prepare heads of a Bill to amend Part 4 of the Garda Síochána Act of 2005 in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Authority: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...programme. We were late getting to work on that programme but in a short time, we identified several witnesses to appear before us. Last week the chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring appeared before us. Today we are engaging with the Policing Authority, the Garda Commissioner will attend on 5 October and the Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: .... The committee has identified oversight and the accountability of An Garda Síochána as priority issues in its 2016 work programme. The chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring appeared before the committee last month, while representatives of the Policing Authority were present three weeks ago. The Garda Commissioner,...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The events of the past two days, with revelations of widespread institutionalised violations of civil rights by gardaí, coming in the wake of the penalty points scandal and the bugging of the GSOC office, represent without question a crisis for the justice system in this State and for the Garda Síochána and the coalition Government. The country is still trying to come to...

Fatal Road Traffic Collision in County Monaghan in 2011: Statements (31 May 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ..., the absence of proper application of the law by members of An Garda Síochána, even where all the salient information was not to hand, merits comprehensive address. The recently published GSOC report fails the test. This is not about scapegoating garda A or garda B. It is about exposing and addressing the systemic failures of our policing and justice systems. It is about...

Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...of the substantive issue. The individual who mowed down innocent Shane O'Farrell should not have been behind the wheel of any car. He should not have been in a position to do what he did. The GSOC report has found that gardaí did not act criminally. I believe, however, it is fair and just for us to say and incumbent on all to recognise that there were very deep failings on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: .... The joint committee has identified oversight and accountability of An Garda Síochána as one of its priority issues in its 2016 work programme. The chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring appeared before the committee last month and Ms Josephine Feehily of the Policing Authority appeared before it two weeks ago....