Results 61-67 of 67 for gsoc speaker:Catherine Murphy

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...in the context of this scoping exercise. The terms of reference provided that Judge Haughton would be provided with section 101 and 103 reports from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. The independent review mechanism report was also to be fully considered. The judge was not provided by either report. He did not seek the GSOC section 101 report and the Department...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: ...it is an interpersonal dispute? She formed her opinion of that at the time but it is very important that this ended up in the public domain. We have the potential of a fraud here that has gone to GSOC. Even that would not have happened had this not come into public light or is unlikely to have happened. Does the Commissioner still believe it was an interpersonal dispute?

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...-ranging powers it would be overseen by a very balanced and representative board, which is vital. The Bill also provides for a basic code of service for the Garda Síochána, a breach of which would result in grounds for a complaint to GSOC. This is a key measure that greatly alters behaviour in the Garda from the top to the bottom. There need to be consequences because...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...amount of power. That is not what was intended by the framers of the Constitution. There was to be a separation of power between the Executive and the Oireachtas. As we saw in recent days, GSOC is supposed to report to the Oireachtas, but it was the Minister who appointed the judge and it was the Minister and the Attorney General who drew up the terms of reference. The Government is...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...will be possible. The pay dispute relates to a 25% increase in the availability allowances for being available outside of office hours. The senior officers are refusing to work outside of their main duties in protest at the non-payment of this increase. It is incredibly concerning that the pay dispute is impacting ongoing GSOC investigations, as senior officers are refusing to conduct...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Catherine Murphy: ...provided for? It would be useful to hear the Minister's response. In the proposed policing, security and community safety Bill, the Government is proposing to bring civilian staff under the investigative remit of the body that will replace the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, with the same level of scrutiny as is given to members of the Garda Síochána. This...

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: ...that threat is serious enough to justify secret surveillance of individuals or groups. That situation is rife to abuse. The Murray review was originally commissioned on the back of a discovery that Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, had obtained the phone records of two journalists without their knowledge or consent as part of a criminal inquiry into a third party. It...