Results 21-40 of 67 for gsoc speaker:Catherine Murphy

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...has come through the PAS system. I echo that this gives a degree of confidence in how the process works. It is always worth remembering that policing occurs in a social and economic context. GSOC is an important part of the current regulatory framework within the criminal justice system. It is important and right that there should be a healthy tension between GSOC and the Garda but...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...point, the final paragraph on the front page of the correspondence states that in July this year there was agreement that the Department would manage overall funding within the Vote in order that GSOC could incur additional expenditure in the region of €300,000 in 2021. It states this additional funding would enable GSOC to address the immediate needs identified in the committee's...

Order of Business (16 Jan 2018)

Catherine Murphy: ...regarding protected disclosures and a business case was sent to Government to ensure that resources were available to carry out the work in the context of protected disclosures. The chairperson of GSOC, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring, was forthright in an RTÉ interview last Sunday about the inadequacy of resources, with less than was sought in the business case provided. She made the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I have no issue and an update is fine, but are there boundaries with the likes of GSOC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, and others? Maybe the Comptroller and Auditor General might give us some sort of an indication on it.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (17 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the legislative arrangement of having Garda superintendents investigate complaints from members of the public given GSOC is now obliged to carry out same under the Garda Síochána (Discipline) Regulations 2007. [8132/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (17 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures made to GSOC since its establishment; the number that required the engagement of a third-party consultant in order to process them; and the costs of same. [8133/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with that. The level of resourcing may well play into that. It would be useful to have an engagement with GSOC. Other than that, I am fine with this item.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the ongoing pay dispute with senior officers of An Garda Síochána in relation to the availability allowance; and the impact of this dispute on current GSOC investigations. [46863/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Even before new powers were added, we were being alerted to the capacity of GSOC. Has analysis been done on existing powers? How does it relate to the additional workload?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Does GSOC have a rough estimate of the timeframe it envisages?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The fact GSOC has seven people on it suggests it is an ongoing stream of work.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank and GSOC officers by rank who have been sanctioned, suspended and dismissed for unauthorised use and-or misuse of the Garda PULSE system in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [21162/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Is it not the case that the GSOC representatives have already been invited?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: As regards the Garda Commissioner and the deployment or secondment of gardaí, GSOC makes a request. Is that request usually acceded to? Is it always acceded to? Is there friction there? What is the relationship?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously, the whole idea was that GSOC was set up so as there would be an independent investigation.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I want to move on to protected disclosures. At the end of 2022, after some disclosures were closed, GSOC still had 53 disclosures on hand. What is the number it has on hand at the moment that are still open?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Does GSOC categorise those? Obviously, I am not pursuing details - I understand the legislation on this - but do they fall into particular categories, and whom do they come from?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: How does GSOC categorise them?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Does GSOC categorise what is alleged?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: GSOC has not got sanction to go beyond the caseload of 20.