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- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: I refer to complaints that GSOC is investigating. Is there any litigation pending where applications have been made to restrict GSOC from carrying out an investigation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: An investigation can be started but is there any litigation pending where someone has made an effort to restrict GSOC from carrying out an investigation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: It could be indicated to a person that an investigation was going to be started. Has there been a scenario where someone has gone to the courts looking for GSOC to be restrained from carrying out a further investigation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: But are there current applications pending?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: Can the witnesses give me the number of those currently pending?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: But there are a number of cases pending.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: Have a number of cases been determined where orders were made which prevented GSOC from carrying out investigations?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: GSOC might give us a briefing note on that issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: The issue of judicial review is used and people have that right, which I accept. However, it would be interesting for the committee to know what the level of those applications is. I will move to a letter we got in December 2021, which related to difficulties because of industrial relations disputes among senior gardaí. What investigations were impacted as a result of those...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: That issue is now resolved and no further delay is occurring at this stage.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: What is the effect where there is a delay such as this?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: We could be talking about a delay of between six and nine months in some investigations.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: After an investigation has started are there delays in getting information from the Garda Síochána? Could a better system be in place to ensure GSOC gets information in a timely manner? For argument's sake, simple issues can arise such as someone being out on sick leave or someone being seconded to a different location or role. Does this affect GSOC getting information when it...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: I understand there was a review in April 2021. What were the results of that review?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: I understand a high-level overview was carried out in April 2021 to see whether information could come back at a faster pace. Has anything come out of this overview?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: Does Mr. Justice MacCabe think a better system could be in place to ensure GSOC's work is done in a timely manner? Obviously it is very dependent on others providing the information-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: -----or responding to the queries or complaints raised.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: Does Mr. Justice MacCabe think that should be part of the legislation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: My apologies for not being able to join earlier. Forgive me if I go over areas that have already been covered. I was caught on some other issues during the day. I thank Ms Hall for her presentation, which I have read. I compliment the Garda on the work that has been done from 2020 onwards in dealing with the issue of Covid and the way in which it worked with local communities in...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022) Colm Burke: I will go back to the multi-agency approach. I was involved in a project in Blackpool, Cork, with the local gardaí. This is going back 15 or 18 years, when local gardaí worked very closely with the community, such as, for example, in respect of instances where young people dropped out of school. When we did a survey of the people who had come through the training schemes there, we...