Results 1-20 of 109 for gsoc speaker:Clare Daly

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: This amendment clearly attempts to get to the heart of who is allowed to carry out investigations against the backdrop of a scenario where GSOC is incredibly stretched and under-resourced. For example, I have a complaint with GSOC which is now two years old. It is hardly a rocket-science or complex case. It involves the criminal activity of gardaí leaking information to the media and...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (18 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: ...be able to discuss this issue, although happy is probably the wrong word because I genuinely believe that we are now at crisis point in terms of the functioning or rather the lack of functioning of GSOC. I have come to the conclusion that the departure of Simon O'Brien will represent a turning point in that organisation. A year ago knowledge of GSOC and its role was growing in the public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Clare Daly: ...structural changes, particularly legislatively, we are no further along the road. That is my view. My first batch of questions relate to the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland and the work of GSOC. The press statement issued by GSOC on publication of that report correctly, as far as I am concerned, pinpointed that a lot of what is said therein echoed what had been already...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: In an ideal world, where things work smoothly on the basis of mutual respect and co-operation, co-operation between GSOC and An Garda Síochána would be advisable. Mandatory co-operation, if this does not sound like a contradiction, would be better. While there have, undoubtedly, been some improvements, the problem remains that if it is not specified, in cases in which tensions are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Clare Daly: ...all piecing together to form a very troubling picture. It is even more troubling given that we were discussing the same matters three years ago. At that time, we were a little more upbeat because GSOC had gone to the trouble of detailing the legislative provision that would have sorted out this matter. Now we see not only the lack of change in that respect and its impact on the...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: In making his last point on the public interest inquiry and GSOC's observations, the Tánaiste's has again undermined GSOC by incorrectly repeating that it had an obligation to bring it to the attention of the Garda and the Minister. Section 103 excludes GSOC from doing so in the public interest. I suggest the Tánaiste read the report again as he missed a few things in his...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (12 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: ...That is what we are working with. If any group had a problem with that, they could have tabled it before now. That said, we obviously know that Mr. Sullivan is being proposed as replacement on GSOC for Mr. Mark Toland who departed to take up his role as head of the Garda Inspectorate last October. I wish to acknowledge the role Mr. Toland played. The Garda Inspectorate, itself, has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (21 Sep 2016)

Clare Daly: I might come back in on a couple of things to start off. The profile of GSOC is much higher as a result of many of the Garda controversies over recent years. That is a good and a bad thing. The figures show that out of 2,000 complaints in 2015, which represented more than 5,000 allegations, roughly half were not pursued. That means that half the people who took their time and felt they...

Appointment of Chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I will share time. I will speak for four minutes and Deputy Mick Wallace for one. I am very glad that the appointment to GSOC has finally been made and that we are not going into the recess without it. The gap has been far too long between the retirement of Mr. Simon O'Brien and this appointment and I feel the commissioners have suffered in his absence. The time when he was at the...

Other Questions: Protected Disclosures (16 Dec 2016)

Clare Daly: ...that the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality unanimously adopted a report which was published yesterday and which highlighted the shortcomings in Garda oversight, one of which relates to GSOC. It is very convenient for the Tánaiste to say she cannot talk about a matter because GSOC is dealing with it. Nothing that GSOC is dealing with is relevant to the...

Other Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (6 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: I am afraid the Minister and I are certainly not at one because he is satisfied and I am not, and I am not the only one who is not satisfied. GSOC itself is not satisfied and, more particularly, the Garda whistleblowers who have made protected disclosures to that organisation are not satisfied. There is a very real reason for this, which is that their legitimate complaints which were...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: The person who leaked the story to GSOC could have tampered with the device inside GSOC. No explanation has been given of who tried to contact Verrimus in relation to its involvement in the inquiry and no explanation has been given of why the GSOC commissioner's phone's batteries were going down but now are not. Meanwhile, the report acknowledges that modern surveillance is not possible to...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (18 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: The Minister, obviously, has no role in processing individual cases; she is not responsible for that matter. However, she is responsible for the lack of teeth in the GSOC organisation. We had a unique opportunity in the legislation that was before the House to give it real strength, but that opportunity was not taken. I put it to the Minister that she has allowed the Garda organisations to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 May 2019)

Clare Daly: ...it is linked to Ms Justice Ring's statement that it was troubling that An Garda Síochána continued to conduct criminal investigations into its members without the knowledge or involvement of GSOC. Either the Garda does not know it is supposed to do that or it is something more sinister. This is very troubling. Ms Justice Ring referred to the new draft protocol and stated that...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: We are discussing the functionality of GSOC, which is a critically important issue. It is not just us or members of the public saying so, the United Nations Human Rights Committee also expressed concern at the functioning of GSOC and made the point that Ireland should proceed with strengthening the organisation. I view this amendment as a step in that direction. Some excellent...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: ...this. For example, where somebody was to initiate civil proceedings against An Garda Síochána, there is in many instances a two-year period when they can do so, therefore, I do not see why the GSOC issue would not be similar. Perhaps one of the positives out of all the recent controversies is the fact there is now a far greater awareness about GSOC. It is almost a household...

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

Clare Daly: -----spying on GSOC. No one said there was. He has missed the point. The issue is that a password-protected secure GSOC network was capable of connecting to something. That is the issue, not what it was connecting to. The Minister claims there is nothing there. Can he explain these anomalies?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 547. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the seriousness of the surveillance on GSOC, when he was made aware of this; and if he will provide assurances that this surveillance not was carried out on behalf of members of the Garda who were being investigated by GSOC. [7508/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (2 Oct 2018)

Clare Daly: 275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the GSOC investigation into a matter (detail supplied) and in view of the fact that the former acting Garda Commissioner failed to respond to a request from the chairperson of GSOC, to issue the family with an apology. [39729/18]

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

Clare Daly: I have a couple of brief questions. If I am brief, I would like the Minister to be brief, so I can come back in with some more. It is strange that, unlike GSOC, the Garda Commissioner is solely accountable to the Minister, and that he did not deem it appropriate to ask Mr. Martin Callinan to account for his actions over the course of the past two weeks. The review will be fully...