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

Robbie Gallagher: ...their daily duties. Having said that, it would also be remiss of me not to highlight the fact that members of An Garda Síochána have issues with investigations carried out by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and specifically with the time it takes for investigations to be completed. In some cases, they can go on for years, which is very unfair on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill: Discussion (15 Feb 2022)

Robbie Gallagher: ...also want to come in, they should please feel free. Ms Cunningham, representing the AGSI, covered a wide range of issues and kind of zoned in on the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. Perhaps she might expand on her members' concerns with regard to GSOC and where she sees that fitting into this proposed legislation. What does she or what do her members feel would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2021: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...breach of [...] human rights", was used. He also referred to there being no "mechanism for Garda personnel to complain to an independent oversight body", that investigations by the proposed new GSOC would take a long time, "be incredibly stressful" and a lack of communication between the new GSOC and the garda being investigated in that context. It was stated as well that there would be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...to a member of An Garda Síochána about a premises serving alcohol with no licence and the garda ignores it, that member of the public may very well report that member to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and the member will be under investigation. The simple solution to the problem is to issue a special exemption for a limited period of time to all the...

Seanad: Inquiry into the Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (20 Nov 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: ...not have been at liberty on the day he drove that car and was involved in that hit-and-run. The family, naturally, are devastated by their tragic loss. A Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, investigation commenced in early 2012. It was, I am disappointed to say, a total failure. It dragged on for over seven years and left the family with no real answers. While it was...

Seanad: Inquiry into the Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (20 Nov 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: ...has failed them in the manner in which the death of Shane was investigated and prosecuted. The State failed the family in the manner in which their complaints around the investigation and prosecution were handled by GSOC. The State is continuing to fail them in the attempt to limit the terms of reference of the scoping exercise. The O'Farrell family must be commended on the courageous...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Robbie Gallagher: ...three children, their wider family circle and his Garda colleagues and community in that particular region. The report raised serious issues about the way the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, goes about its business. The report highlighted shortcomings in how GSOC went about its work. Mr. Justice Clarke stated there can be no doubt but that he "was both an outstanding...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Robbie Gallagher: ...in the lead-up to the event. They have been waiting too long. They have been waiting six years for answers. It is not on for any State body to take six years to produce a report on any issue. For GSOC to take six years to conclude a report on this issue only adds to the pain that the O'Farrell family is going through. If we even had a conclusion after six years, we could live with it...