Results 1-20 of 35 for gsoc speaker:Gerry Adams

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: I agree with the Taoiseach that we need clarity but he has not been clear. There is very deep concern about reports that the GSOC office was targeted as part of a sophisticated surveillance operation allegedly using high-level technology. The Taoiseach's response to this yesterday was very disappointing, as was that of the Government to the whistleblower allegations. The important question...

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: The controversy about whether the office of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission was bugged has highlighted the dysfunctional relationship between GSOC, the Garda Commissioner and the Minister for Justice and Equality. The Government's reaction to this shows that the Taoiseach has not fully embraced the need for independent oversight of State agencies or institutions, despite...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff (23 Oct 2018)

Gerry Adams: 340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the number of additional staff the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, was seeking; the number of additional staff funding outlined in budget 2019 will provide for; and if it will meet the information technology requirements of GSOC. [43828/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff (23 Oct 2018)

Gerry Adams: 336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the additional funding he is providing will meet the needs of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and allow it to carry out its investigations thoroughly and promptly in view of the concerns raised by GSOC in relation to the resources available to it to properly investigate the...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...the issue by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, in particular but also by the Taoiseach has been damaging to public administration, An Garda Síochána and the independence of GSOC. The Government has done everything except what it should have done from the outset, which is to uphold the integrity and protect the independence of GSOC. Last night a journalist...

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...first public utterance, the Taoiseach stated that it should have reported the information to the Minister and that it was compelled to do so. There is no provision in the law which insists that GSOC must report to the Minister. Whether that is the right thing is an entirely different matter. The fact is there is an independence which is being undermined. I do not wish to compare like...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Jan 2018)

Gerry Adams: ...tribunal was receiving full support. Will the Taoiseach share his view on that with us? I have tabled parliamentary questions on the resourcing of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and I am waiting for replies. It was very striking that Ms Justice Ring has been unable to bring a single protected disclosure investigation to a satisfactory conclusion because of...

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...what could be described as a Jesuitical statement about whether the office was bugged. Was it found that an unauthorised system was in place that would have left the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, offices vulnerable to bugging? I have read all of these reports. It depends exactly on how one interprets what happened. GSOC was concerned enough to bring someone in...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: .... I wrote to the Minister eight times and also spoke to her on a number of occasions. I gave information to the senior garda investigating the case and wrote to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. It is unacceptable that the Taoiseach's letter of last week is the only substantive reply I have received in a year and a half. Owing to the sensitivities involved,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jun 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...and Equality has failed to act on a recommendation made to her by the Garda Commissioner on 19 May to refer allegations about Sergeant Maurice McCabe to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. While the allegations may have been referred to GSOC in the intervening period, I would like to find out if the matter has been dealt with. Last Wednesday the Minister confirmed in...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Gerry Adams: I want to raise the issue of the Government's commitment to funding for the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. We are all agreed, and I have just said, that sections of An Garda Síochána treated Joanne Hayes and her family in a disgraceful way. I remember the case and a friend of mine, the late Steve McDonogh, published a book highlighting how Joanne was treated....

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2018)

Gerry Adams: ..., the O'Farrells have had to take on the State and been put through the ringer for the past six years or so. The Taoiseach is aware of the case. In a letter to me last September he wrote that, once GSOC had completed its work, the Minister for Justice and Equality would consider what action would be open to him. When the family met the former Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, he did not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff (23 Oct 2018)

Gerry Adams: 335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of additional funding to be made available to Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, following budget 2019. [43823/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff (23 Oct 2018)

Gerry Adams: 337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personnel employed by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC; and the rank and responsibilities of each. [43825/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff (23 Oct 2018)

Gerry Adams: 338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the business case made by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, in February 2018 for additional staffing requirements. [43826/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff (23 Oct 2018)

Gerry Adams: 339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the additional resources he has allocated will meet the business case made by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. [43827/18]

Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...controversy is the Ian Bailey case. Mr. Bailey wrote to the Taoiseach about his case in February. He has also asserted that he wrote to the Minister, Deputy Shatter, in 2012 regarding delays in a GSOC investigation caused by the former Garda Commissioner's refusal to provide requested material to the investigating team. The Bailey case is the real context of the ongoing scandal. People...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...what we said, dismissed our comments and actively undermined our right to bring forward what were quite legitimate concerns. He sought to undermine the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and he inaccurately quoted the Garda Síochána Act on a number of occasions to misrepresent GSOC's responsibility. He had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to deal with the...

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...don Taoiseach, tá sé i mbéal an phobail le tamall fada anois. Tá sé soiléir nach bhfuil deireadh le sin fós. The resignation comes as we await the outcome of separate investigations into the bugging controversy at GSOC and claims of Garda malpractice by whistleblowers and it follows a period in which Deputy Alan Shatter's judgment on a range of serious...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (8 May 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...as "disgusting". The outgoing Minister, Deputy Alan Shatter, and the Commissioner tried to prevent Sergeant McCabe from giving evidence to the Committee of Public Accounts. Then there was the GSOC scandal, involving allegations of bugging at the offices of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. The Taoiseach's response to that scandal was to seek to put GSOC in the dock by...