Results 1-11 of 11 for gsoc speaker:Mattie McGrath

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...guests will refer to it but they might give me some idea of what they really think about it. Should it not be outside the Department as is the case for the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and other agencies? We have spoken about the 22 commitments to the EU. Why are we not meeting those? An EU directive from 2009 was to be implemented by 2011. Where is that at?...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The complaints body of An Garda Síochána, GSOC, will be renamed the office of the policing ombudsman, with redesigned processes and greater financial independence. The body itself will be restructured and the current three-person commission will be replaced with an ombudsman and a deputy ombudsman. Glossy Bills are not going to fix the serious problem we have in this country. Ar...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (27 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...will hold interviews and I have been contacted by concerned people about the interview process and the make-up of the boards. I have had no response. It seems to be the Wild West and they can do what they want. I missed the debate on GSOC and I am sorry. The Ceann Comhairle told me he would allow me to say something on it in this debate because of the lack of backbenchers who did not...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...information that is on the PULSE system and the leaking of same. It would be wrong of us to have a debate and questions and answers until such time as a thorough investigation is carried out by GSOC, the Garda Commissioner or whomever else and the record cleared. Sinn Féin is very anxious to damage the Minister but is there any talk about their own colleague who sits in this...

Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...Shane. I was surprised at what the Minister said in an earlier debate. I know he was not in government at the time but he made ridiculous comments about the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and the inquiry. We want to support GSOC, but as I said it is toothless, useless and fruitless. That is what it is proving to be for the O'Farrell family and for many others....

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (12 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, welcome the opportunity to comment briefly on the appointment of a member to GSOC. The current arrangement, in terms of the relationship between An Garda Síochána and GSOC, is not as effective as might be the case. There remain many areas of contention between both organisations. I do not think anybody would dispute that. In April, Niall O'Connor reported that the...

Fatal Road Traffic Collision in County Monaghan in 2011: Statements (31 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: .... If John O'Brien's sister, Anne-Marie, had not continued the battle to try to get justice and answers, there would have been no investigation. The Marine Casualty Investigation Board was a joke. The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, investigated it too. The gardaí never made a public appeal for witnesses. When I went to Dungarvan Garda station after months of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...and not meaning to take away from the death of Shane, if there is a public inquiry, a number of other cases must be included. It was a tragic accident. What is happening is unbelievable. As for GSOC, we might as well have Tom the cat because it is not investigating properly. Ms Anne-Marie O'Brien cannot get answers from An Garda Síochána. The families have been promised...

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...change? As I said, 99% of gardaí want to do a good job but they get manipulated and the wrong people are promoted. The appointments are too political. I totally agree with Deputy Wallace. GSOC and its precursor, the Garda complaints authority, were toothless when I went them with my complaint. They had no powers whatsoever. Many other people have come to me with similar...

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

Mattie McGrath: ...to serious concerns which were raised about them. There are serious questions around the nature of Garda management, governance and oversight, basic policing procedures and the role of bodies such as GSOC and the Department of Justice and Equality. While Mr. Guerin makes the point that he has not made any findings of fact or come to any determination in respect of the matters he...