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Public Sector Management (Appointment of Senior Members of the Garda Síochána) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: ...nothing is being done. We must call a spade a spade with the politicisation of policing matters. The Cooke report has detailed what happened with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, indicating that fears it was bugged were unsubstantiated. Politicians jumped up and down without evidence, praying and crossing their fingers that GSOC was bugged by the Garda, which...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Bill in the sense of the propositions it sets out regarding the strengthening of the functions of GSOC, which would be fully empowered to conduct its business, and the establishment of an independent Garda Síochána board with monitoring, oversight and supervisory functions. We live in a democracy and we require transparency and accountability and we need systems in...

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

Michelle Mulherin: ...Parliament, we pass laws. We are the Legislature. Are we now going to suggest that there is no need for evidence and there is no need for anything substantial? There are some who are sure that GSOC was bugged or suggest there is something amiss and argue doggedly that this must be so, and we hear all the theories that there is a cover-up etc. To my mind, some of these proponents...

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

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister and his officials. Mr. Simon O'Brien of GSOC gave a statement to this committee last week, which in part resembled the briefing note he gave the Minister, subsequent to which the Minister addressed the Dáil. What was noteworthy was that the Ombudsman decided to instigate a section 102 public interest investigation, subsequent to a general sweep of the offices....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I refer to the decision on 8 October 2013 to launch the public interest investigation. GSOC launched that investigation on the basis that such surveillance might have originated in the Garda Síochána and that, if that was the case, a member of the Garda Síochána might have committed an offence. That was on 8 October 2013, but at that stage only two threats had been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the improvement in communication between GSOC and the Garda Commissioner. It is important that the relationship is strengthened and moves in that direction. There is the suggestion GSOC does not trust the Minister and that is why it did not go to him. Will Mr. O'Brien clarify that this is not the case and that he does trust the Minister and has confidence in him? Can he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: ...biggest security breach at the moment is the release of information on a confidential report to the press. Aside from that internal security threat, outside the activation of devices, this was all GSOC's own equipment. There is no suggestion otherwise. As Mr. O'Brien said, things have moved along from a technological point of view and these devices would concern remote surveillance....