Results 1-11 of 11 for gsoc speaker:Trevor Ó Clochartaigh

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...did not have the powers to carry out its responsibility. I am happy, therefore, that the Bill before us today will rectify that via section 7. For the first time the Garda Commissioner will be brought within the scope of GSOC investigations which is a great improvement. In recent times we witnessed the limitations of the powers of GSOC when it could not access the PULSE system...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (18 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...the committee and possibly answer a number of the questions the witnesses put to us around any understandings the Garda has on the way the policing of Shannon Airport can be done. The witnesses might tell us a little bit more about GSOC. They mentioned there was an issue around GSOC not dealing with complaints. GSOC has been a regular visitor here and it would be interesting for us to...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...subject this morning. One of the main points of the report is that it is impossible to categorically rule out all possibility of covert surveillance in the three threats identified by Verrimus. It also queried whether GSOC's remit should be confined to the investigation of matters attributable only to the commission of offences by members of the Garda or if it could be considered...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...and I will welcome the opportunity to debate them in these Houses. Government Members backed the Deputy in all of these issues every time they were debated in the Houses. He was not alone in the GSOC and other controversies. We need a full explanation on these controversies and a debate on the Government's plans for dealing with them. I do not think this issue will go away with the...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...the Teflon left behind by Bertie and the boys because he appears to be totally impregnable when it comes to the calamities and debacles that have ensued in his ministerial role. There has been the GSOC affair, the whistleblowers, the way in which he dealt with former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan and now the statements by the Data Protection Commissioner with regard to the Deputy...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters relative to An Garda Síochána and other persons) Order 2014: Motion (16 Apr 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...Government’s incompetence in overseeing all of these episodes. With regard to the administration of justice, the allegations in respect of the Office of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, being bugged were very serious. Unfortunately, however, on the day after the matter was reported in The Sunday Timesthe Taoiseach misquoted the Garda Síochána Act...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...the Abbey stage. The Minister for Justice and Equality certainly gave a great rendition but I do not think any of the Deputies or Senators there fully believed him in respect of what has been happening in connection with GSOC. The inquiry certainly does not go far enough. I know the Labour Party has been trying to take the kudos for pushing for an inquiry but the fact that it will not...

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...at the time that An Garda Síochána was surveilling his organisation, but he did not rule it out. When Mr. FitzGerald appeared before us and was asked whether he was exonerating the Garda with GSOC's press release, he stated:I would not use the word "exoneration" because it has specific connotations. What we did say was that no such evidence to point to the Garda was disclosed....

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...out by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission was routine. Having listened to the evidence given last week, it is my understanding that the three commissioners took it upon themselves to leave GSOC office and speak in private in coffee houses to avoid any electronic or e-mail contact. When the Minister appointed Mr. Simon O'Brien as chairman of the Garda Síochána...

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: .... Does the Minister believe an issue arises in respect of the competence of Mr. O'Brien who spent €18,000 of taxpayers' money on Verrimus to assess what would appear to be a spurious threat to GSOC's security?

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

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Does G2 or the Garda Special Branch have access to an IMSI catcher, or stingray, as it is known? It seems one of these devices was used to snoop on GSOC. If so, what safeguards, if any, surround the use of such equipment?