Results 61-80 of 97 for gsoc speaker:Brian Stanley

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

Brian Stanley: On the evening, it was clear that there was a complete breakdown in the planning and management of the force. I understand that for GSOC to carry out an investigation of the Commissioner, it must have clearance from the Minister. Have you considered seeking that?

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

Brian Stanley: Will GSOC be following up on this with the Policing Authority?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: ...consider outside their core duties", I am a little concerned about that and whether people are defining what are core duties and what are not. We will seek the Secretary General's take on it, and GSOC. Deputy Carthy wants to come in on that.

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

Brian Stanley: ...while it was an 11% increase on the previous year so there has been a substantial increase. Regarding the allegations in complaints, from 2020 to 2021, that figure increased by 22%, according to GSOC's briefing information. The allegations in the complaints increased year on year between 2020 and 2021 by 22%.

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

Brian Stanley: ...that, will Mr. Hume cast his mind back to pre July last year? Are those investigations being completed in the 16- to 20-week period. I refer to the disciplinary investigations not supervised by GSOC but carried out internally by An Garda Síochána of officers. Was that happening?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: ...a crossover. There is a commonality between those three. We set them out before Christmas in that order. We hoped to have them one week after another. Actually, the initial proposal was to have GSOC in at the same time as An Garda Síochána, but that cannot happen for obvious reasons.

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

Brian Stanley: That is a matter for the Garda. I refer to the pay in relation to investigation work it is doing on cases with GSOC. The figures I have show that in December 2020 there were 32 investigating officers and eight assistant investigating officers. In other words, in December 2020 the Commissioner would have had 40 investigating officers or thereabouts, is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: ...mid-term break, we are looking at two months gone. Could we amalgamate two of the meetings on policing? There are meetings with the Policing Authority, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and An Garda Síochána. We are having three-hour rather than two-hour meetings now. The Garda Síochána appropriations accounts would need a separate day by...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: One of the intentions of the Bill is to strengthen the independence of GSOC and that is being strongly opposed by An Garda Síochána. The day the Commissioner was before the committee, he seemed to indicate that the Garda is not happy with that. Does Ms McPhillips have any comment in that regard? Is that the situation at the moment? Is there a big pushback against the legislation?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: I suggest that we list, as a specific item on the agenda, the timelines for the processing and completion of complaints to GSOC. I suggest that we specifically include that as one item. Would that be helpful? The Department official in attendance would need to be able to address the resourcing of GSOC as well. Is that okay? Yes. We have a long list of issues to debate in the new year....

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

Brian Stanley: We will note and publish it and we will ask the chairperson to clarify whether she believes GSOC is adequately resourced. I suggest the secretariat, when corresponding with GSOC would ask whether the commission has the figure for the number of criminal investigations in 2020. The document gives the figure of 485 for criminal investigations for 2019. I was surprised by that in a service...

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

Brian Stanley: ...of population and the size of the district and all that. There are new divisions now as well. It is to be hoped they will work well. That completes the questions. I thank our guests from GSOC for attending and its staff for the preparation and briefing notes for the meeting. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for their attendance and assistance. I wish...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Brian Stanley: The proposal is that we publish the item. Deputy Carthy has proposed that we request An Garda Síochána to keep us apprised of developments insofar as it can. We have to be careful in respect of GSOC. Obviously, we cannot get involved if it is involved in an inquiry into the matter, but we can ask it for a timeline if agreed. That is as far as we can go. If it is agreed, we will...

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

Brian Stanley: ...with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Sport Ireland and the FAI for 8 February; to meet with An Garda Síochána and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, on 15 February - there is a bit of moving around to be done there; and to schedule a meeting with the Department of Justice for 22 February. However, representatives of the...

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

Brian Stanley: .... It puts a cloud over them and puts them in a difficult situation from the point of view of their careers, families and communities. It is important for that to be dealt with. At the moment, GSOC has 23 vacancies. According to Grant Thornton, there is a need for 180 extra staff. At the moment, there is a total of 160 staff. How many of those are investigators?

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

Brian Stanley: ...the criminal investigations opened, how many of the 485 investigations opened in 2019 went to trial? Are there any such figures for the 572 in 2020? When I saw the figure of 572 last July after GSOC sent us that letter, I was really taken aback. The figure flattened off last year at 557 but given the fact that 557 criminal investigations and 752 disciplinary investigations were opened...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)

Brian Stanley: ...international comparisons and a breakdown of the circumstances in which the referrals arose. Section 102(1) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 requires the Garda Commissioner to refer matters to GSOC that appear to the Garda Commissioner to indicate that the conduct of a member or members of An Garda Síochána may have resulted in the death of, or serious harm to, a person....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: ..., providing information requested by the committee regarding media reports of an official strike action by senior officers and its impacts on investigations by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. We will not publish this item because the information has been provided on a confidential basis and because it concerns an industrial relations dispute. The chief...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: ...to the size of a regional constabulary in Britain, with the Manchester policing service or similar bodies being comparable to it. I will ask the Comptroller and Auditor General about inviting GSOC. My opinion is that it is open to us to bring it in but Mr. McCarthy might be able to outline the possibilities better.

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

Brian Stanley: ...is to investigate and there are fewer than 30 investigators out of 160 staff. Mr. Justice MacCabe might like to comment on this. It strikes me that there is an imbalance there. That is GSOC's call. It can decide how it manages staff and the number of staff needed in different positions. On the face of it, it would seem like a huge imbalance and that there should be a greater number of...