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Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...of the Garda had harassed you and it was stated that your complaint was mischievous. It was not mischievous if a Garda said, "Aengus, stop, what is your name?". He already knew your name. That was harassment. You could make a complaint, but you got the same letter back. That era changed with the advent of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. According to some...

Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...the mechanisms and practices in the Garda Síochána met a modern standard. The inspectorate has been in place for a number of years but did not spot some of the bad practices exposed by whistleblowers. GSOC has been hampered by lack of resources and proper funding and because it has to rely on members of the force it is supposed to investigate. The vast majority of gardaí...

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...úchán siúd ar fad, go mbeadh muinín ag an bpobal ní hamháin as An Garda Síochána ach as an gcóras dlí agus cirt ina iomlán chomh maith. Ní hamháin gur cheist maidir leis An Garda Síochána atáimid ag plé leis ach ceisteanna maidir le GSOC, an confidential recipient agus an tAire féin chomh maith. Sin...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...now going over old ground but I am taking a different approach. Extracts from the Verrimus report have been published in bits and pieces in a newspaper by the journalist John Mooney. I asked the GSOC commissioner whether it would not have been better to publish the report or give the committee access to it rather than to read selected leaks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I wish to ask brief factual questions. Has the company that carried out the first sweep of the GSOC offices in 2007 been ever named? It has gone out of business.

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...opened in 2007 and this was the last time a sweep was done. Even at that stage the Irish company which took part in the sweep did not find the rogue Wi-Fi system, which was in place at the time. This suggests incompetence and supports the view GSOC could not trust Irish companies to deal with the level of counter-surveillance required. GSOC stated it decided to conduct the sweep because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To clarify, the two questions are linked. Both the Garda Commissioner and the chairman of GSOC, Simon O'Brien, have said the same thing, although Mr. O'Brien tried to backtrack from his statement when he was at the committee last week. The reason the investigation was initiated is that the Commissioner had access to a draft report GSOC was preparing and a paragraph in that report was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In the Minister's first statement to the Dáil on the matter of the surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission by people, as yet unidentified, he failed to outline the fact that GSOC had launched a public interest investigation. The Minister also failed to disclose to the Dáil the reasoning behind the launching of that investigation. At the same time, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...out during the day and can hide among all of the other telecommunications traffic within an office. Consequently, performing sweeps at night often will not disclose any traffic. Has there been a suggestion that GSOC might carry out a sweep of the office while it is active, now that this matter is in the public domain and, presumably, everyone in the office is aware of it? GSOC might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...to how Mr. O'Brien had categorically ruled out An Garda Síochána misconduct. I do not know how he can rule out categorically any agency in Ireland or elsewhere or any individual because GSOC has been unable to identify from whom or where the threat came.

Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...We are keen to ensure that people have trust and faith in the organisation, that they believe there is nothing untoward happening and that if and when they make complaints, they are made with full trust in the organisation. The GSOC has a report and I hope it will be able to present the report of the analysis of the security sweeps of its buildings. I hope this is presented tomorrow to...

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...that at some future stage we might change it, give it more powers or make it more effective. This did not happen and because it was so ineffective we, as a society, were forced to come up with the GSOC. We do not want the same to be said about the GSOC in the future. It is time to allow it to be able to operate and, as I stated earlier, it is hoped that it does not have to use these...

Morris Tribunal: Statements (22 Oct 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...the past two and a half years the jury has been out. It has been fully operational for 18 months and the jury is returning. Sadly, the verdict is less than satisfactory. The stated mission of GSOC is to provide independent and effective oversight of policing and to deal with the public's complaints concerning gardaí fairly and efficiently so everyone can have confidence in the...