Results 61-80 of 129 for gsoc speaker:Clare Daly

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System Investigation (11 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: 641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of disciplinary action against gardaí who have been found to have abused the penalty points system following internal or GSOC inquiries since 2013; the number of gardaí involved; and if any of these gardaí were subsequently promoted. [38250/17]

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: I wish to respond to some of the points in the discussion. Let us suppose someone goes to the Garda or GSOC with a complaint and that person has never had a previous interaction and the response is that the same Garda station decides to investigate the complaint. That is absolutely not on. Certainly we are not suggesting that the Garda could not be involved in these matters but the faulty...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: ...asking. From what the Minister is saying, one would be led to believe that he and the Garda Commissioner are not included under the terms of reference and that it is quite a specific issue with GSOC. We will know later, I suppose.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (25 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: 27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in overcoming the difficulties which have been experienced by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, in working with the Garda; the steps that have been taken and will be taken to deal with delays and non-cooperation from gardaí. [39782/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (10 Oct 2017)

Clare Daly: 231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the fact that the GSOC investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) has been ongoing for five years with no outcome for the bereaved family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42377/17]

Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (22 Jun 2016)

Clare Daly: ...dogs on the street have seen part is okay but the Minister, who is responsible for the Garda Commissioner, cannot gain access to it. Not only that but she told us she has referred the matter to GSOC. I presume the Minister believes GSOC will be able to examine material that she cannot examine; otherwise how could we get to the truth of the matter? It is not an insignificant matter. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (26 Nov 2014)

Clare Daly: 80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) was one of the gardaí named in the GSOC report sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration on whether criminal proceedings be issued against named members of the Garda who were involved with a drug dealer. [45440/14]

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: ...because the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality has been presented with evidence over a period of two and half years which shows that has not been the case. The Taoiseach tells us that GSOC has the powers, that its powers are there for all to see but is powers are not there for all to see. Even GSOC has said that it does not have the powers to deal with this situation....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Data (7 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of section 102(1) referrals to GSOC from Garda headquarters in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017 relating to cases in which there was no death involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52493/17]

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

Clare Daly: ...to mislead the ombudsman commission in regard to evidence about the motivation of Sergeant Maurice McCabe. The report has been submitted to the commission. Has Ms O'Sullivan been contacted by GSOC regarding that investigation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (21 Sep 2016)

Clare Daly: ...2014 when, in fairness, we raised many of the same points. We were told by the Minister - who is now also Tánaiste - at the time that everything was fine and that the changes and improvements to GSOC's operation would make it fit to do the job the public thinks it should do, namely, hold the Garda to account and investigate complaints. What we have heard now is that this is clearly...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (29 Sep 2016)

Clare Daly: ...the matter of the conflict between the evidence given to the O'Higgins inquiry by two senior Garda and a person (details supplied) regarding a meeting that took place between them in Mullingar to GSOC; the expected timeframe of the investigation; and if the report will be published. [27955/16]

Other Questions: Protected Disclosures (16 Dec 2016)

Clare Daly: The legislation the Tánaiste brought forward means she is the only person who can hold the Garda Commissioner to account. Her legislation means GSOC cannot do the job the Tánaiste is telling us it is empowered to do. It does not have the power to discipline senior officers. In the context of the cases to which the Tánaiste referred, which are before GSOC, she is aware that...

Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: ..." incident, dealing with irrelevant information that he should not have had on Deputy Wallace, but which he chose to use, and on information today about a potential security breach in the GSOC, which he should have had but did not. All of these issues are linked. The problem is not about a tension between the GSOC and An Garda Síochána. The real problem is the axis of power...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (16 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: ...from the Tullamore-Clara area were sent in to the independent review mechanism and these five cases were under the same superintendent and gardaí from this area and 100 complaints were made to GSOC regarding these particular persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7798/17]

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: ...that the Commissioner is now being included, the provision that it will be subject to the approval of the Minister takes the teeth from the entire process and undermines the strength and independence of GSOC. The political protection of the Commissioner remains. 2 o’clock It is precisely as Deputy Wallace says. While GSOC can now investigate the Commissioner, it is only where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Clare Daly: There was a worrying report on RTÉ during the week about two officers who were being criminally investigated by GSOC for serious racist comments they made at an official Garda briefing. In that context, is the Commissioner aware that those officers are alleged to have also made very serious homophobic remarks, including against the Taoiseach? Are those remarks being investigated and...

Private Members' Business - Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: ...in people being incarcerated - incarcerations later found to be unlawful and which will undoubtedly cost the State a huge amount of money. Not only that but we have the revelations in the recent GSOC report where it highlighted in an unprecedented way its grave concerns about the handling of informants. Yet it is our understanding that the chief handler of the informant at the centre of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: ...back to my original questions, none of which, conveniently, were answered. I will rehearse them because the Minister might be a bit tired. In respect of the first question, the Minister said that GSOC and the security companies will be co-operating with the judge's inquiry. Will the Minister and the Garda Commissioner co-operate with this inquiry? Why did the Minister not choose a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (10 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: 145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to instruct GSOC to carry out an inquiry into the leaking of information to the media in relation to the removal of two Roma children from their families, the consequences of which were enormously damaging for the families concerned and which, although outside the scope of the special section 42 inquiry, based on the evidence...