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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Feb 2014)
Gerald Nash: We must proceed with caution. There are potential implications in the context of how this and other committees might operate in the future. With respect, this issue is much larger than Sergeant McCabe. I expressed some concerns in respect of the unintended consequences to which remarks made at last week's meeting could potentially give rise. We will no longer have control over the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jan 2014)
Gerald Nash: We want it still to be special.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (29 Jan 2014)
Gerald Nash: 146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish with the Garda Commissioner the number of individual members of an Garda Síochána who have referred complaints through the Garda confidential procedure for each year since the inception of the procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4493/14]
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: Is Mr. Callinan satisfied it is sufficiently robust to address concerns that members of the force have drawn to its attention previously?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: Can Mr. Callinan talk me through the level of support provided for a member of the force who feels he or she must bring information to the attention of individuals operating this mechanism?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: Who examines a complaint brought to the attention of the people concerned?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: Is there no one outside the ranks of the Garda Síochána investigating complaints brought to the attention of the confidential reporting system?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: Is Mr. Callinan satisfied there is sufficient buy-in by members of the force in terms of the robustness of the structures available? Since its inception, has it been independently assessed in terms of its effectiveness or efficacy?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: Therefore, it has not been assessed to date.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: Have members of the force been asked whether they are of the view that it is an effective mechanism?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: Does Mr. Callinan support such an approach? Does he support occasional or frequent reviews of the efficacy of the system?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: Clearly, members of the force have made certain allegations and do not appear to be satisfied by the efficacy of the service.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: I have made that clear. It appears members of the force may not be satisfied.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: Following completion of the report of the Assistant Commissioner, Mr. O'Mahoney, Mr. Callinan requested a further examination of some of the issues discussed today through the Garda professional standards unit. Will he tell me what that involves? Is it a commentary on the fact that he is not satisfied that there are no gaps in the report of Mr. O'Mahoney? What does he hope the investigation...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: The professional standards unit will be looking at the possibility of tightening some procedures not within the terms of reference of the report of the assistant commissioner, Mr. O'Mahoney.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: I draw the attention of Mr. Callinan to one aspect of the report, that 81% of terminations at the Bridewell, for example, were in respect of offences detected outside the district. That rate strikes me as particularly high, notwithstanding the explanations Mr. Callinan gave previously and his efforts to address some of the shortcomings. How does he account for this? From reading the report...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: I understand there would be a higher number of terminations outside the district. The Commissioner dealt with the issue of allegations in the public domain in respect of family members and relations of members of the Garda Síochána. Some seven identifiable family members had terminations and there was no direct link made between a family member intervening on the PULSE system and...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: Is it made with corroborating evidence, which is required?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: This is third-party evidence.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Gerald Nash: I thank the Commissioner and his colleagues for their contributions thus far. I want to focus for a moment on the confidential reporting mechanism that is available to members of the force. When was that mechanism first introduced?