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Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...I will be brief. We support this Bill but we feel it has room for improvements. Our amendment No. 19 simply places an obligation on the Commissioner to co-operate with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. It is funny, but not in an funny way, that this does not currently exist. I cannot imagine why the Minister would possibly want to oppose an amendment such as...

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

Paul Gavan: ...-month sentence on condition he returned to Lithuania. The leniency of the sentence was outrageous and deeply offensive to the family. The outrage was added to when a Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, investigation found he had several previous convictions, was out on bail at the time he killed Shane and may have been a police informer. He had received a six-month...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...of a non-executive board for the Garda, it would prefer for the Policing Authority, PA, to have been invested with more powers, especially in respect of policing priorities and strategy. In addition, Sinn Féin believes the PA and GSOC need more independence. Both bodies are required to refer to the Commissioner when making certain decisions. Sinn Féin welcomed the idea of...