Results 501-520 of 7,126 for speaker:Alan Farrell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: I appreciate that answer. Racial profiling, hate crimes and the fact that incitement to hate crimes is a crime were mentioned earlier. I am unfamiliar with the difficulty. I know one is legislated for and the other is not. I know that on an international best practice level, Ireland is lagging behind in this area. Do any of the civil liberties groups wish to make observations as to how...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: In respect of the comments made about the information provided to the confidential recipient, I think Mr. Kelly mentioned that there was nowhere for it to go after it had been provided. Could he comment on where it should go in an ideal scenario?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: I have two further questions. Mr. Fitzgerald mentioned the investigatory process taking over here in certain instances. Perhaps it was Mr. O'Brien who said it. Is that a resource issue or is there another reason why it is taking up or over a year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: During one of his contributions, Mr. Fitzgerald mentioned that the investigatory process within GSOC was taking upward of a year or over a year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: My final question is directed towards Transparency International. Mr. Devitt spoke earlier about the possibility of an oversight function for a committee within the Houses of the Oireachtas having some form of oversight over the administration of justice be it in parallel with the likes of GSOC, the Garda Inspectorate or the policing board. Could he provide some more of his views or those...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: Committees in the UK and the US were mentioned. Do the witnesses consider it to be international best practice on national security in the sense of that element of our Defence Forces or can it be amalgamated into the other bodies involved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: I thank the witnesses for coming before us. The discussion about doctors on-call is very interesting. It occurs to me that if a doctor from the panel was uncertain about an issue on the basis that a person's medical records were not available from the general practitioner because it was 4 a.m., he or she would surely refer the patient to hospital for tests.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: Dr. O'Flaherty is the expert. Many of the questions I had prepared for this group have been asked and answered. I recognise the need to balance the need for the suggested reform of the Defence Forces, the Garda Síochána and across the justice administration, with the need to rebuild trust as a result of the drip-drip nature of the various incidents that have emerged in recent...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: A number of submissions refer to deficiencies in the Act. To be fair to those who drafted the legislation, it may be more appropriate to refer to omissions from the Act, which are the cause of many of the current problems. A number of reports, investigations and so forth have been commissioned as part of the current corrective process. To repeat a question I put to the witnesses who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: I agree completely with the sentiments of all contributors in respect of the longevity of whatever corrective legislative changes or changes to organisations that we put in place in the next seven months, as is the ambition of the Minister. I too would have a concern that we would-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: -----rush through something rather than analyse it properly. My point, particularly to the AGSI, is that the drip effect of those reports on morale in the coming months will have a detrimental effect. My next question is for the Garda Inspectorate which relates to its existence. Given certain similarities, I thank Mr. Olson for his line-by-line assessment of the legislation in terms of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: My last question is on PULSE. Has the Garda Inspectorate had access to PULSE in respect of certain investigations since its establishment? Given the level at which it operates, why would it have a need for access to PULSE in terms of investigating structures of-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: I would have to take from that answer that accessing PULSE is not an issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Olson.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: I have a supplementary question, one I neglected to ask the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors. It relates to a matter Deputy Corcoran Kennedy touched on and one I touched on this morning, that is, continued professional development, ongoing training and training that is available in Templemore. One of the basic issues referred to is service level failures. These are the small...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: Can I assume that is a budgetary constraint?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: Does the inspectorate have a view on the matter from an operational aspect, using all the experience which, I have no doubt, comes from the combined decades of the three people present?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: What is the view of the inspectorate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: May I ask-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)
Alan Farrell: I was going to ask Mr. Toland the same question.