Results 1-20 of 54 for gsoc speaker:Jim O'Callaghan

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...from this House or from outside the House and in the media. The Minister needs to look again at the legislation which is before the Seanad at present in respect of the establishment of the new statutory body to replace GSOC. If a person wants to make a complaint against a member of An Garda Síochána, he or she should make that complaint within one month. Under the Bill...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...) Act 2015, both of which are excellent legislation. The 2005 Act put in place for the first time formal architecture for the operation and governance of An Garda Síochána. It established bodies such as GSOC and played a significant role in modernising An Garda through the past 20 years or so. That Act served the country very well for the period it lasted. The Government that...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O’Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...members of An Garda Síochána with Mr. Zigimantas Gridziuska in so far as same are relevant to the fact that the said Mr. Gridziuska was on bail at the time of the death of Mr. Shane O’Farrell on 2 August 2011; (c) The review by the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM); (d) The criminal investigation by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC); (e) The...

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: The first grouping contains 13 amendments, all of which I will support because they are sensible. Their purpose is to recognise the role of GSOC in investigations it conducts. It is important there is specific recognition within the coroner legislation to recognise the role played by GSOC. Some of the amendments are significant in their power, such as amendment No. 17, which seeks to amend...

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

Jim O'Callaghan: ...criminal activity. Is Mr. Fitzgerald aware from discussions with the Department or from his reading of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland's report whether it is intended that GSOC will have to deal with minor issues and will not have an option of referring them back to the Garda if the legislation is drafted in accordance with what appear to be the recommendations of the...

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

Jim O'Callaghan: Maybe I am wrong but I understand GSOC tried to get rid of minor level complaints about rudeness and gardaí not giving sufficient attention to members of the public. As Mr. Fitzgerald will understand, these are more related to discipline than to-----

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

Jim O'Callaghan: That was a good idea. How will the remit of the new independent office of the police ombudsman differ from the current remit of GSOC? I know that is a difficult question because Mr. Fitzgerald is not drafting the remit of the IOPO. I ask him to answer it based on his reading of the commission's report.

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

Jim O'Callaghan: Is GSOC frequently refused access to documentation by An Garda Síochána or has it previously been refused such access on the grounds of legal privilege?

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

Jim O'Callaghan: Why would such a case not come to GSOC? Was it because the Garda did not refer it or was operating a separate criminal investigation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...to whom the appropriate complaint should be made. There is a bit of an awareness that if one has a complaint about An Garda Síochána, one directs it to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. I am conscious, however, that it has been in place for a long time. While I do not suggest the authority needs to have an enormous advertising campaign, has it plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (19 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken on foot of receipt of the submission from GSOC in January 2018 calling for legislative overhaul of the body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26326/18]

Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...I say "No" if I do not believe there is any justification or any benefit in having such an inquiry. In this instance, I believe there is a benefit in having an inquiry. This is not simply because I think the GSOC report has left questions that need to be answered, but because the circumstances of this case go beyond issues in respect of members of An Garda Síochána. I...

Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...the collision, the car in which Mr. Gradzuiska was travelling was stopped by Gardaí and was noted to be unroadworthy and without a National Car Test certificate; and — in January 2012, a complaint was made to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) regarding the conduct and role of An Garda Síochána in the above matters, and a report into part of the...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (12 Jun 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Section 65 of the Garda Síochána Act sets out that there should be three commissioners in GSOC. It also sets out how those commissioners should be appointed. They should be appointed by the President but, before he or she appoints them, two hurdles have to be overcome. First, the individuals have to be nominated by the Government. As the Minister indicated, there is also a...

Fatal Road Traffic Collision in County Monaghan in 2011: Statements (31 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...not know what would have happened on 2 August 2011 had the individual been in jail, but there is a strong likelihood that the collision with Shane O'Farrell would not have happened. We now have GSOC's report which does not answer the question I have just put to the House. We are told by the Minister that the investigation is ongoing. The questions which disclose significant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...circumstances, was provided to the Policing Authority. There is sometimes, unfortunately, an assessment in the public mind that the Garda does not deal with wrongdoing or incompetence within the force effectively enough. I know it is the function of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, to deal with complaints from members of the public in respect of the force....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The thinking behind these amendments is, in part, based on what has been told us by the chairperson of GSOC, namely, that a lot of complaints come in at a very low level and her preference would be that those complaints, which are work-related complaints, be dealt with by senior officers of the garda against whom the complaint is made. The intention was to give the commission some leeway to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Ms Justice Ring for attending. I will ask some questions about resourcing. I believe it was November 2016 when GSOC made a business proposal to the Department about a separate protected disclosures unit. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: GSOC wanted 12 people to deal with that because its workload increased after being given responsibility for protected disclosures in 2014. GSOC had a meeting with the then Minister for Justice and Equality on 11 January 2017. What was the response of the Minister and the Department to its request for 12 new staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Feb 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: There was communication between GSOC and the Department whereby the former was seeking a meeting with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In a letter that Ms Justice Ring wrote on 9 May, she expressed surprise that the meeting had not occurred. Does she have an explanation for the committee as to why that meeting did not take place?