Results 1-4 of 4 for gsoc speaker:Regina Doherty

Seanad: Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Regina Doherty: ..., yet it manages to not answer the fundamental questions as to why the person who killed Shane was at large on 2 August in 2011. There are hundreds of pages and to my mind most of them are cut and pasted from GSOC inquiries, police ombudsman inquiries, and coroners' reports. It cost €500,000 and took four years to complete and it does not answer the fundamental question that the...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: ...took a number of positive steps to make the turning over of those stones happen. We established the independent Policing Authority to oversee the performance of An Garda Síochána. We strengthened GSOC and increased its powers. We passed a wide range of whistleblower legislation for the first time ever in this country. We published the Cook report, set up the Guerin inquiry,...

Cooke Report: Statements (19 Jun 2014)

Regina Doherty: ...well in her role. She has a heavy task of work to do in the coming months. Since the foundation of the State there has been great respect from the Irish people for An Garda Síochána. The GSOC bugging controversy set off a chain of events, and political and media responses have served to damage the reputation of An Garda and left GSOC in the invidious position where even the...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Regina Doherty: I will try to talk fast. I wish to ask the Minister about the very first inquiry that GSOC made into the fixed penalty charge system. Does the Minister know what gave rise to that inquiry? Does he know why the report was never published? Does he know if there was communication between GSOC and the Minister's predecessor, the then Minister for Justice, former Deputy Dermot Ahern? Does the...