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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Funding (16 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: 14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that GSOC is receiving all available support in terms of funding and support from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21107/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (16 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: ...the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the fact that An Garda Síochána is conducting criminal investigations of its own members without the knowledge or participation of GSOC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21109/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (19 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: There are many regulators in Ireland, most of which, including, for example, GSOC, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, provide clear pathways to track enforcements on imports. The Data Protection Commission appears to have looked at a wide range of issues in one form or another, yet there is no clear record of reports or enforcement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: ...of Justice and Equality and the Minister. The Minister told us that he would ask counsel to review a number of cases. In that light, it appears to us that there is not full confidence in GSOC's ability to sort out these problems. Mr. Harris is not responsible for the process, but he is the one who has to work with it. Is he happy with the nature of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: I will not name the individual concerned, but there was a suspension on 3 January. Is Mr. Harris happy that all of the documents were sent to GSOC? I do not just mean the ones the Garda deemed to be relevant. Is GSOC being allowed to assume what is relevant and receiving all of the documents, or is the Garda sending it what it deems to be relevant?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: Mr. Harris is happy that all documents have been sent to GSOC.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Funding (30 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: That is contradictory. The Minister said that GSOC is a statutory independent body and that we should not rush to judgment. Why did he not wait for GSOC to investigate the protected disclosure regarding assistant commissioner Fanning before he was suspended? Why was he suspended in advance of the investigation? The Minister is the one accusing me of-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Funding (30 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: I am sorry. I will not name anyone anymore. The Minister said that I was the one jumping to a judgment. With what is happening, it looks to me that he does not have confidence in GSOC to do its work. I have not a clue as to what Fanning did or did not do.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Funding (30 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: I am sorry. That was a slip of the tongue. I am not the one making the judgment. If the Minister has faith in GSOC, why did he have to come up with this panel? Why was this individual suspended in advance of the protected disclosure being heard?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Protected Disclosures (30 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: GSOC was supposed to look after protected disclosures, but the Minister has now had to establish a panel. Does that mean that the workload is too much for GSOC or that there is a lack of confidence in its role in assessing protected disclosures? Section 41(1)(b) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 reads: "significant developments that might reasonably be expected to affect adversely...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Funding (30 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether funding issues may be impeding the ability of GSOC to deal with protected disclosures in an expedient and timely manner; if he has considered increasing the budget for GSOC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4388/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Funding (30 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: This is a connected question. The Minister referred to due process, but I would insist that Mr. Keogh certainly has not got due process to date. Are funding issues impeding the ability of GSOC to deal with protected disclosures in an expedient and timely manner? GSOC is getting an extra €600,000 in this year's budget, but will the Minister consider giving it more money to make it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Funding (30 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: I am aware that GSOC has more money now than it did before, but will it not need even more if it is to do the job as effectively as we would like? Last December, the Minister announced that the Government had endorsed the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland and agreed to accept all 157 key recommendations. According to the Department's implementation plan, the new...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Mick Wallace: ...rather than on protection. It goes without saying that IHREC must be adequately funded and resourced if it is to be given new duties. We often give extra powers to bodies, as with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, for example, but if we do not resource them adequately, those powers cannot be used.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...will not fix anything and that the culture was more of a problem than the structures. It is as if we are trying to reinvent the wheel. The Minister is right that we have highlighted issues with GSOC, the Policing Authority and the Garda Inspectorate. We do not think it is a good idea to get rid of any of them. We think they need to be strengthened. There was some overlap in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Operations (19 Sep 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...know who took these decisions and whether anyone will be held responsible for them. I know the Commissioner is having his own investigation into the matter. I know the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, cannot carry out a section 102 investigation without the Commissioner or the Minister authorising it, just as GSOC was not allowed to investigate the Corrib gas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...be in a position to deal with complaints about solicitors, my God, it will be under an avalanche. I wonder if this will be possible? We know for a fact that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, does not have the colour of the money it requires to its job properly. We have argued that GSOC remains designed to fail because of a lack of proper legislation and funding....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Is the Legal Service Regulatory Authority of the mindset that if the public realises it is a body that will deal with complaints, just as GSOC does with Garda issues, it will expect lot of complaints, or am I wrong?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I have issues with it. We have dealt a lot with GSOC and we have been looking at its problems for the seven years we have been in here. Rather than reinventing the wheel, it would not do the Legal Services Regulatory Authority any harm to look at the problems GSOC has faced, the mountains it has run into and the obstacles put in its way. The witnesses are not going into an easy job. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Inspectorate (23 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Mr. Toland made the point about the need for the Garda Síochána Inspectorate to be an independent body and not to be amalgamated into GSOC or the Policing Authority. Does Mr. Toland believe there is a threat of this happening? The witnesses are probably aware that some Members felt the setting up of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland was really just a duplication...