Results 1-9 of 9 for gsoc speaker:Eamon Gilmore

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I have read the Cooke report, which is very comprehensive. It concludes that there was no evidence of surveillance of GSOC by anybody, not least the Garda Síochána. It goes through the different issues that were raised. The piece of equipment that was supposed to be for the conference facility was the focus of a great deal of the attention. It turns out that it did not have a...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: No, I did not. The Cooke report is very clear. It is an independent examination by Mr. Justice Cooke of the issues relating to the alleged bugging of the GSOC offices. This arose when there was a newspaper article which stated as a fact that GSOC offices had been bugged by Government or high level intelligence gatherers. It went through the type of surveillance it felt was taking place....

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...an independent Garda authority which will be drawn from a broad swathe Irish society, the extension of the whistleblowers legislation to include gardaí and the ability of gardaí to go directly to GSOC if they have complaints are major reforms in the way in which gardaí are managed. When all of this episode is over these reforms will certainly stand the test of time. With...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...of the establishment of an independent Garda ombudsman commission. He and the Government fully respect that and there is no issue or doubt about it. We have heard what the chairman of the GSOC has had to say.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: -----to examine allegations of any misconduct on the part of the Garda Síochána. It is important there is public confidence in the GSOC. What I do not stand is the kind of clap-trap which Deputy Collins has just come out with.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...pre-empt it. We all regard as serious the possibility of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission being subject to any kind of surveillance or leaking of confidential information into the public domain. The chairman of GSOC has set out the approach taken by the commission to date. As I said, the commission operates independently and we should all respect that. We should allow...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...the Garda Síochána, might have been under surveillance and that confidentiality in respect of information of which it is seized has been breached. I think that is the serious issue here. The GSOC brought in experts to do the sweep of its offices. It did a follow-up investigation following on from that. The chairperson of the commission has brought that information before the...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I welcome the fact that the chairperson of the GSOC was before the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions yesterday to answer questions. I also welcome the fact that the committee intends to continue to have this issue examined. I understand it is inviting the Minister for Justice and Equality to attend-----

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...to do so. I reject absolutely the suggestion made by Deputy Collins that there is some kind of co-ordinated strategy by the Government to undermine - I am not sure of the phrase he used - the GSOC. The Government entirely respects and values the independence of the commission. The GSOC was set up, after many years in which a body of this nature had been called for, to independently...