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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)
Alan Kelly: GSOC does not have to monitor the courts. The media will do it for GSOC.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)
Catherine Murphy: GSOC has not got sanction to go beyond the caseload of 20.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)
Catherine Murphy: We often get material in here and it is more like we are the public accountability committee rather than the Committee of Public Accounts. With the number of inadmissible complaints, I suspect that GSOC is maybe not completely understood by the public. Is there a public information campaign around that? It would strike me that if GSOC reduced the inadmissible cases, it may well be able to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)
Catherine Murphy: GSOC is aware of that. In relation to the protection disclosures, as I want to go back to that, where did the majority of protected disclosures come from? Did they come from the gardaí themselves?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I will now ask about the non-pay element of GSOC's budget. Obviously, the bulk of that goes on the accommodation. GSOC has accommodation in Dublin and Cork. It is leased accommodation. In the event of there being sanction for additional staffing, will that accommodation be sufficient? Is it future-proofed and is there a break clause in it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I want to go back to the types of admissible complaints. One of them is discourtesy. Presumably, that is the kind of thing that goes directly back to the Garda. Does GSOC then follow up to see that there is training to address some of the issues, or is that just something that is left exclusively to the Garda itself?
- 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: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am asking GSOC specifically. No one else is here today.
- 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: 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: 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...