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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: We all have Dr. O’Flaherty’s written statement. It would be helpful if perhaps we heard an overview from him on the sort of abuses he has experienced directly and the ways in which they could be tackled through legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: To clarify, individual complaints can give rise to findings or conclusions by GSOC that there have been systemic issues of neglect of supervision or poor supervision and that can apply at more junior ranks as well as at senior level. Currently, given the questioning we have had over the morning, does GSOC have a problem in dealing with those systemic issues because of the existence of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I had to attend a vote in the Seanad Chamber, so I apologise if I have missed something that has already been covered. I have three questions for GSOC. Right at the start, Deputy Collins asked about co-operation with the Garda. I think Mr. O'Brien said he was getting better co-operation now from the Garda in terms of investigations and the transmission of information, but there are still...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I apologise if this has been asked already, but my second question relates to the constitution of GSOC as established in the 2005 legislation. At that time, many of us were critical of the commission's tripartite nature, although I mean no offence to any individuals. Nuala O'Loan was the first police ombudsman in Northern Ireland and that was seen as an effective model with all the power...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight: Discussion (14 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I do not know if any other organisations have views. I know that views were expressed at the time. My next question relates to something that Mr. Mark Kelly was speaking about when I came back concerning the powers of GSOC to investigate particular matters. I will not go into the allegations that were at issue in the Guerin report, as those will be the subject of a commission of...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Following on from yesterday's Order of Business, at which I spoke on the Guerin report and sought a debate on it in this House, I wish to report to the House that the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality is going to attend before the justice committee on, I think, next Tuesday, 20 May. Indeed, we are in the process this morning of conducting hearings on oversight...

Seanad: Abduction of Nigerian Children: Motion (13 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Costello to the House and thank him for taking this important debate. I second the motion, which has been put forward with cross-party support. I am really glad we have been able to achieve that support as it shows the strength of feeling across Ireland on this horrible abduction. As Senator Mullins has said the motion deals with the abduction of more...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Katherine Zappone is not a Government Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I would like a debate on the Guerin report, which has been published since we last sat on Thursday and which many of us have had an opportunity to read in recent days. It sets out a litany of errors, negligence and incompetence, which were exposed by the allegations of Sergeant Maurice McCabe, as reviewed by senior counsel, Sean Guerin. Chapter 19 makes particularly concerning reading, as...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I am not saying that for sure. All I am saying is that I think it would be interesting to have the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: We will await the wording. As a lawyer, I could not sign up to anything, the wording for which I have not seen. Senator Hayden referred to the resignation of the former Minister for Justice and Equality. The Senator also welcomed the joint campaign being launched today by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and Women's Aid called "This is not happily every after". It highlights the extent of...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: It is a matter for the Chairs of the committees to decide what comes within their remit but statutory issues may have to be looked at.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: We all take on board the points raised by the Senator. I am not sure that this House is the appropriate forum but I can ask the Leader if we can facilitate a debate. I suspect it might be a matter that will go to the relevant committee. Senator Keane extended best wishes to Senator Norris. She also paid tribute to the former Minister for Justice and Equality and his staff. She pointed out...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: The motion specifically deals with the appalling abduction of the girls that was highlighted. Colleagues can raise other issues in the context of the debate on the motion to be taken on Tuesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: That completes my response to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Can I respond?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: For the day that is in it, that is an appropriate comment by the Senator. I meant to respond to him on postcodes. We might get the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to attend here for a specific debate on the matter. I am sure he would be delighted to have an opportunity to debate the new plan for postcodes and it would be a good debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: In response to the point made by Senator Mooney about the motions, I want a full debate on the reports and all of us who were involved with them want the same. I do not think it would have been appropriate to arrange for a Minister with no knowledge of their contents to come into the House. We did try to get a Minister who would have been able to do it. At 7 p.m. yesterday, however, it...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Next Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.