Results 81-97 of 97 for gsoc speaker:Brian Stanley

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

Brian Stanley: That concludes the questioning by the committee and the evidence of the witnesses. I thank the staff of GSOC and Ms Kennelly from the Department of Justice for the work they did in preparing for today's meeting and for the information they supplied to the committee. I also thank the staff of the Comptroller and Auditor General's office and the Comptroller and Auditor General himself for...

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

Brian Stanley: ...displayed on screen now. Next week, on 15 February, we will meet with the Department of Justice regarding the 2022 appropriation accounts for Vote 21 – Prisons and Vote 24 – Justice. The resourcing of GSOC and the International Protection Office have been flagged as areas of interest for this meeting. On 22 February, we will meet with the Department of Tourism, Culture,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: ...to the Rhebogue housing development and it has been dealt with. We will now move into private session briefly before adjourning until 9.30 a.m. on Thursdaym 8 February when we will engage with GSOC. Go raibh míle maith agaibh.

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

Brian Stanley: ..., in 2020 there were 1,955 which was an 11% increase on 2019. In 2021, there were 2,189 complaints, which was a 12% increase on the previous year. The curve has been going steadily upwards. GSOC has helpfully set out the nature of those complaints in pie charts. Of the admissible complaints, 20% related to abuse of authority, 33% to neglect of duty, and 11% to discourtesy. Those three...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: ...from Accounting Officers or Ministers and follow up to meetings of the Committee of Public Accounts. No. 2241B is from Judge Rory MacCabe of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, dated 16 November 2023. This item provides further information requested by the committee about an investigation. I propose that we note and publish this item of correspondence. Is that...

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

Brian Stanley: .... She wrote back to us to provide the information we requested in relation to public services apprenticeship programmes for junior investigators in the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. Is it agreed to note and publish that item of correspondence? Agreed. Deputy Catherine Murphy had flagged this item and she wishes to comment on it.

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

Brian Stanley: I want to touch on a few points around the Dublin riots. GSOC had the powers to open a public interest investigation. With regard to the riots, it is clear from video footage, news bulletins and individual members of the Garda that a number of gardaí were left in very dangerous situations. One was left on his own in a van that was surrounded by people who threatened to set it on fire....

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

Brian Stanley: ...House. The Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, is a permanent witness to the committee. This morning we will engage with officials from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, to examine its 2020 financial statements. The meeting will be suspended for an hour at 12.30 p.m. When we resume at 1.30 p.m., we will engage with the Policing Authority to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2021)

Brian Stanley: ...want to read the detail in it. On flicking through, there appear to be a lot of detailed questions in it. It is up to the Committee of Public Accounts to formulate the questions and send them to GSOC as we see fit. We should be doing that. As I said, the first thing we must do is read that correspondence and have the opportunity to do that. I invite Deputy Carthy. Deputy Carthy may...

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

Brian Stanley: Given the figures GSOC has supplied, I can see how it is overworked if it has only 40 investigators and it is dealing with that number of cases in any given year, namely, 572 criminal investigations and 150 disciplinary cases. That is a very substantial number. We will await the clarification from Mr. McCarthy on the 2020 audit and make a decision on it then. Is that agreed? Agreed. ...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: ...programme document circulated for today's meeting. From 10 March, we will move into a series of justice-related meetings. We are scheduled to engage with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, on that date. Last week, we agreed to engage with the Policing Authority the same morning. The following week, beginning 14 March, is a non-sitting week. On 24 March, it is...

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

Brian Stanley: ...meeting with the Department of Health happens on 1 February. I remind members to flag any areas of interest for any of our forthcoming meetings. Last week, it was agreed to schedule a meeting with An Garda Síochána and GSOC together. It was also agreed to add the following to the work programme: the Department of Justice; the Department of Defence; the Department of Transport;...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: ...for the new year has been circulated to members. I will list the ones that have been suggested by members. First is the Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána. I suggest we add GSOC. We can discuss how to sequence it, but that body needs to be in the frame. Then there is the Department of Defence, the Department of Transport, the National Transport Authority, the...

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

Brian Stanley: ..., we will move on to the next item. No. 2285B, from Ms Aileen Healy, director of administration at the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, dated 22 December, is a response to our request for a meeting with GSOC and An Garda Síochána. It is proposed to note and publish the item and consider it further, as discussed, at our work programme. Is that agreed? Agreed....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: ...Authority. The secretariat is working on scheduling that meeting for the afternoon of 7 April. We felt that boxing off a week for the Policing Authority might not be the best approach. In view of the fact that GSOC will appear before the committee that morning, we agreed the Policing Authority should appear in the afternoon. The clerk is trying to schedule that meeting at present....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Brian Stanley: ...Authority arising from its review of the closures, including calculations of computer assisted dispatch incidents. On question 18, I propose we reiterate our request for clarity as to how many GSOC recommendations that disciplinary action be taken against a member of the force had been set aside by the Commissioner. Are members okay with that? I will take those proposals as being...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: ...matters: appropriation accounts 2022; Vote 21 - Prisons; and Vote 24 - Justice. The committee has flagged a number of issues, such as the resourcing of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and the International Protection Office, as areas of interest. We are joined by the following officials from the Department of Justice: Ms Oonagh McPhillips, Secretary General;...