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- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Mr. Justice Rory MacCabe: I thank the Chairman and members of the committee. This is the first occasion that GSOC has had the opportunity to address this committee. I am accompanied by Hugh Hume and Emily Logan, commissioners., and Ms Aileen Healy, GSOC’s director of administration. There are additional members of the staff of GSOC also in attendance as observers. Commissioner...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) ...justice committee on the general scheme of the policing Bill, we indicated we believe that if constraints are going to be imposed in the Bill on the timeliness of the investigations carried out by GSOC, a similar requirement should be imposed on the people we deal with and State agents should also have timeliness as part of their obligation to co-operate with GSOC.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Brian Stanley: In that case, I will continue on the new Bill. Our guests have outlined that they welcome the Bill because it will help GSOC to be more independent and will strengthen the organisation. At the moment, what one power that it does not have and which it most needs to be able to do its job will GSOC have if the Bill, as it is drafted, passes? Are there one or two such issues on which our...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Catherine Murphy: We will review it. I have a few questions. According to the briefing note, there is a case management system. I assume it is possible to capture how long it takes to conduct investigations and GSOC would be able give an analysis. It is absolutely essential that this is the case in order that it can properly estimate what its needs will be. Is that case management system sufficient to do...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Brian Stanley: ...emanating from a particular Garda division or station in whatever area? To qualify that, I acknowledge some of the complaints made are not admissible, as can be seen from the figures presented by GSOC. There are many vexatious complaints but there are also some genuine complaints. If there are several admissible complaints in respect of a particular area, division or station, does that...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Mr. Hugh Hume: The effect for GSOC is that we had to contact all of our complainants involved in our unsupervised cases and tell them this was happening. We had to place a notice on our webpage. It will have an effect on the reputation of GSOC. It will undermine the confidence of the complainants who are potentially being told their investigations have been delayed. We cannot tell at...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Neasa Hourigan: ...in moving away from the requirement for a specific complaint. I want to get the witnesses' perspective. Where there were concerns more generally and where there was not a specific complaint, does GSOC envisage that as a matter for a particular station or area? What would those powers mean for GSOC?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Brian Stanley: Finally, on the new legislation, Mr. Justice MacCabe said in his opening statement that some of the challenges faced by GSOC arise from the mandate under which it operates, but this is likely to change in the shape of the new broad reforms to be proposed in the policing, security and community safety Bill. It was outlined earlier that the Commissioner has described the new proposals as...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) James O'Connor: I will turn to the efficiency of the work that is undertaken by GSOC, which is highly complex. Many of the cases undertaken by GSOC are extremely controversial. Is there anything that can be done to address the length of time it takes to investigate controversial cases? An investigation in Templemore has been going on for five years, which is an awfully long period. It is difficult to...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Brian Stanley: Regarding case management and complaints, according to the figures supplied by GSOC, I see that 485 criminal investigations were opened in 2019, 572 were opened in 2020 and 557 were opened in 2021. A total of 658 disciplinary investigations were opened in 2019 while 752 were opened in 2021. GSOC corresponded with the committee last year and sent us figures for 2020 last July. If we look at...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) James O'Connor: .... I welcome the members of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission before the Committee of Public Accounts today. I want to develop a better understanding of the work they all do. Obviously, GSOC is a statutory independent body that is charged with overseeing the Garda, but when it comes to dealing with complaints, does GSOC have any capacity to investigate activity within the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Paul McAuliffe: ...will be harder to accept their response if they have not made a clear request to the Minister, the Department and the system. I will leave it at that. I am anxious to talk about children, cases GSOC deals with that involve those under 18 years of age. I am anxious because any type of attack or assault on a child is utterly unacceptable in society, and for it to be perpetrated by a...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Mr. Justice Rory MacCabe: The rest are ordinary, recruited civil servants. All the staff of GSOC are civil servants who have been recruited by a public competition through the Public Appointments Service.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: The number of complaints to GSOC has risen by more than 25% since 2019. What was the number of complaints in the first quarter of 2020? What change would the witnesses estimate that represents year on year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: The number of complaints to GSOC has risen by more than 25% since 2019. What was the number of complaints in the first quarter of 2020? What change does that represent year on year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Mr. Hugh Hume: There are three levels to that: unsupervised, supervised, and investigated by GSOC for discipline.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: If the complainant is not satisfied with the initial determination, it can go back to GSOC.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: What is the longest GSOC investigation ongoing?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: Do a lot of GSOC's investigations take place outside of regular working hours?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Imelda Munster: Are a lot of GSOC's investigations that are handled by the Garda done through overtime?