Results 1-20 of 23 for gsoc speaker:Bríd Smith

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: Repeating that GSOC is independent and robust just does not cut the mustard. Even the chairperson of GSOC has said it is understaffed and needs reform. According to a report, 42% of all cases initiated by GSOC have been referred back to Garda inspectors. The work it is refusing to do increased hugely during 2020. There has also been a substantial increase in the very serious cases being...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: I ask the Minister about a review into the workings of GSOC and the limitations in that regard compared to a full investigation in view of recent cases, especially involving the killing of Mr. George Nkencho, but also concerning previous investigations completed that body. I refer to the cases of Mr. Shane O'Farrell and Mr. Terrance Wheelock. Senior officers in GSOC have complained about a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: My question relates to the final point the Minister made in respect of the previous question, namely, GSOC and the role it plays. Could she give details on the plan to reform GSOC, the accountability or oversight by Dáil Éireann or another body that the current structure allows for and the mechanism available to revisit GSOC investigations that may have failed to discover facts or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: ...27-year-old man with mental health problems recently opened and evidence was given by the coroner that he was shot five times in the back by armed gardaí. Key witnesses were not questioned by GSOC for up to eight days after that event. The Minister keeps repeating that GSOC is robust and independent and has full oversight, but there is evidence, even in the heads of the Bill that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: 85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commission a review into the workings of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC and its limitations compared to a full commission of investigations in view of recent cases (details supplied) involving GSOC investigations and questions regarding the speed and outcome of these; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (19 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach's statement looked very much at the policing service of the future but in order to make reforms for the future we must also look at the past, and at the record of GSOC in particular. Sinn Féin has already referred to the inquiry on behalf of the family of Shane O'Farrell. I want to talk about two other outstanding issues on behalf of families. When someone dies either in...

Appointment of Member and Chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Bríd Smith: I know nothing about the new appointee, Judge MacCabe, but I think his role should be challenged, not just in respect of what happens in the future but also in how he deals with the legacy of GSOC. The first complainant to GSOC - I cannot remember the year - was Deputy Gino Kenny. He was not a Deputy then. We had RTÉ footage of him being thrown off a bridge in Bellanaboy by six...

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

Bríd Smith: ...Deputies for making a criticism of a very important oversight body looking into the so-called guardians of the peace in this country. It has not come out of the blue that people are critical of GSOC. He does not talk about himself but Deputy Gino Kenny was complaint No. 1 to GSOC when it opened. I queued with him outside the building on Abbey Street. His complaint was about the...

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

Bríd Smith: ...the injury, by the actions of State agencies even up to yesterday’s intervention by the Taoiseach on the matter during Questions on Promised Legislation. The Taoiseach stated yesterday that the GSOC inquiry found that many of the 58 allegations made by the family were found to be incorrect. I put it to the Minister that the report did not say that at all. The Taoiseach's...

Other Questions: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...of the case and what happened. I wish to point out to everyone watching, all Deputies present and the family that the Minister has just stated that her preference is for the completion of the GSOC inquiry before she does anything else. That is the stated preference of the Minister. Does that preference take into consideration the gravity of this case? It must do so. A man who had...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Bríd Smith: ...man called Terence Wheelock walked into Store Street Garda station but he never walked out. Three months later he died, having been in a coma due to the injuries he received while in custody. GSOC investigated this killing and concluded that no problems were found. GSOC is currently investigating the killing of George Nkencho and I can predict what its findings will probably be. Is the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2018)

Bríd Smith: The justice and crime section of the programme for Government states that the Government "will continue to support ... the enhanced role of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) in providing independent oversight of complaints made against members of the Garda Síochána". I do not know if the Taoiseach watched "Prime Time" last night, which covered an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports (4 Apr 2017)

Bríd Smith: 131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the GSOC report with regard to a person (details supplied) will be published; and the reason for the delay. [16309/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (17 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) has commenced; his plans to commission one; and when he expects a GSOC report on this case to be completed. [42446/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (15 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: 433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to reform the operations of GSOC; if she plans to allow for appeals by persons whose initial complaint to the commission is refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42914/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (19 May 2021)

Bríd Smith: So, it is GSOC.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Bríd Smith: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and details of the progress of the GSOC investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); when the investigation will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16244/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (3 Jul 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a public apology on behalf of the State will be issued to the family of a person (details supplied) in view of failures identified in the GSOC report on the person's death; if he will request the Garda Commissioner to do same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28983/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Inquiry (29 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commission a public inquiry into a case (details supplied) in view of the fact that the GSOC report on the tragic case has failed to provide answers to the family or the public that are needed to restore confidence in the state criminal justice system and the rule of law. [49788/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of proposals by the Government to reform GSOC; the accountability or oversight by Dáil Éireann or by another body that the current structure allows for; the mechanism that is available to revisit previous commission investigations that may have failed to discover facts or wrongdoing; and if she will make...