Results 1-20 of 20 for gsoc speaker:Marc MacSharry

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I am very conscious of the situation and the status of the ongoing inquiry. The length of time is of concern to me. These are legitimate questions and, of course, arguably, GSOC may very much be aware of them. From experience, I find that when things are reported on by the Committee of Public Accounts, that is the end of it and on we go. I am concerned that it is almost four years to the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Irish Prison Service (11 Jun 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...the Minister of State to get the Minister to acknowledge my call and to give a response. We need to establish an independent inspectorate of the Prison Service, at arm's length from the service, with GSOC-style statutory powers. The Inspector of Prisons does not have the power to insist on documentation, for example, as was the case for the report she recently carried out, whereas a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...and well-being and a healthy working environment and culture for prison staff? Is the Department of Justice and Equality open to the recommendation I am making now, that is, the establishment of a GSOC-style inspectorate, separate from the Irish Prison Service headquarters in Longford, with statutory powers to provide prison staff with the support and protection they require, and the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Marc MacSharry: That is grand and that is 365 days a year. I will come back to that in a few minutes. I am told that there is a Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, investigation into the area of gardaí colluding with prison services in relation to prison staff. Can the witnesses confirm that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Marc MacSharry: In the Prison Service itself, would the director general be aware of GSOC?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 - Prisons (17 Jan 2019)

Marc MacSharry: Surely GSOC would let Ms McCaffrey know because it would want to question people or it would be asking questions?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation (14 Dec 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...not say anything because of legal advice. We had the Acting Garda Commissioner saying he would not talk about a liaison committee. We had a previous Garda Commissioner referring something to GSOC late at night to avoid answering questions on an issue here. The Government may as well abolish the Committee of Public Accounts for the disdain and contempt with which it is frequently...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: It will go to the audit committee on 27 June, irrespective of what GSOC does.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...she be suspicious about the fact that none of these matters was referred to the Minister under section 41, immediately to the Comptroller and Auditor General and, by dint of this investigation, to GSOC? Does that not preclude us from asking certain questions of Ms O'Sullivan today?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: Yes, I understand. On the basis of his letter to us which says that he has suspicions of fraud, which is criminal activity, would it be Ms O'Sullivan's instinct to refer this matter to GSOC straight away?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: I assume the Commissioner is not going to answer any questions relating to the matter that has been referred to GSOC.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: Did anybody in the Garda check in the meantime, irrespective of and without prejudice to any investigation by GSOC or otherwise? As a matter of form, who signs for what account for what money?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: If one was a viewer here, one might say that it was curious that it took 16 months to take action on one level and that it was very convenient to be able to put this to GSOC late yesterday evening.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...in control of taxpayers' money, without prejudice as to whether they did a great or a terrible job with that. We are now not entitled to know that because very conveniently, it was kicked into GSOC yesterday evening and we are not going to know. It is on the never-never. God knows who will be on the Committee of Public Accounts when that information comes out.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: Clearly, there are a number of matters to be investigated. The Commissioner would have been in a position to say: "Look, there is definitely fraud there, we are giving in to GSOC to get it off our desk.." Would there not have been enough in the original report to refer the matter to GSOC?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: ...consider these matters before our meeting today? There were 16 months in terms of real action, and notwithstanding the intervention of Mr. Barrett and Mr. Ruane, we manage to have this matter in GSOC. It is certainly appropriate that GSOC would look at it but can I ask-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: -----whether the Commissioner would not refer all these matters to GSOC at this point? It would appear to me to be muddying the waters for Revenue. I would suggest, and ask, that the senior management would consider referring all these matters to GSOC. It is a State organisation and yet it seems many department heads operated as islands. Retirements and so on seemed to have been hugely...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)

Marc MacSharry: ...defence of the indefensible. The situation is not credible. Somebody somewhere is lying through their teeth. Yes, everybody seemed to miss the implications of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, report last June, but are there no people in the Department who read such reports and report to the Minister of the day? This is very important and I beg the Cathaoirleach's...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: ...to eat the hens and people are losing out. I seek an urgent debate on this issue. I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting my matter on the Adjournment. I agree with Senator Norris that the GSOC issue is becoming a joke. The Taoiseach announced last night that there would be an inquiry and we all agree with that. The Minister for Justice and Equality then marched into the House and...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Marc MacSharry: ..., last night, the chances of these anomalies being benign were remote to zero. That clearly indicates there is an issue. There is also the issue that it appears this sweep was not routine. The GSOC does not routinely check its offices or routinely have such security checks. There was a series of events or incidents which influenced and determined the GSOC to seek out an independent...