Results 1-17 of 17 for gsoc speaker:Paul McAuliffe
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: One of the issues I explored with GSOC in detail the last time it was here, was the issue of resources and its impact on the length of time investigations take. Of particular concern were those people under the age of 18 who had made a complaint. Ms Logan gave a credible and strong contribution on that occasion. I will return to that theme. Will the witnesses talk a little about the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: ...kind of touched on the issue, of the Dublin riots. What it brought to the fore was a feeling within An Garda Síochána that gardaí very much were looking over their shoulders at the menace that GSOC might be to them having a strong response to a very difficult set of circumstances. This is my first question. Did GSOC receive any complaints with regard to the date that is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)
Paul McAuliffe: In regard to our approach, we like to think of our outcome reports. There is a theme that could be built upon from a number of meetings we had with the Department of Justice, GSOC and An Garda Síochána that we could pull together in one report. We have not done a report for some time. In regard to turning our meetings into outcomes, for the secretariat, there is probably a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Regarding our meeting with GSOC, please clarify if the officials from the Department of Justice will be in attendance at the same time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Yes. It is matter of how we approach this as a committee. My recollection of the last time the GSOC representatives were with us is that one of the significant areas of concern was the delays in terms of finalising complaints, particularly regarding persons under the age of 18. There was a very key, albeit a diplomatic answer, that the funding of GSOC was a key factor in that. I wonder...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Given the debate around the use of force and how free gardaí feel to be able to use that discretionary power, etc., delays in GSOC are a key factor and we should press the matter, if we can, at the meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Paul McAuliffe: I have the responsibility of attending two committees at the same time and I always wonder how I am meant to do that. If I missed GSOC's answer, I apologise. I heard that 5% of overall complaints were fully investigated. GSOC might clarify that figure for me.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Paul McAuliffe: What is that figure for GSOC?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Paul McAuliffe: It is difficult for us to comment on specific cases, particularly ones that are active, and what we like to do is comment on patterns that we see. In general, the delay in GSOC's ability to investigate often has a compounding impact on people who perceive that they are victims. In some cases, it will be proved that they were victims. It is hard to say but sometimes people would say that...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Paul McAuliffe: What is the figure that allows GSOC to have a reasonable response to complaints?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Paul McAuliffe: I will put it differently. What resources would GSOC need to clear the backlog it has at present?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Paul McAuliffe: ...not acceptable; we all are saying it is not acceptable. It is the Government's job to try to resolve problems. As a Government Deputy, I am asking how we resolve the problem, how many more staff GSOC needs and what requests it has made to the Department. It is hard to accept the view that it is unacceptable to have these delays without seeing GSOC respond and say it needs X number of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Paul McAuliffe: ...will be harder to accept their response if they have not made a clear request to the Minister, the Department and the system. I will leave it at that. I am anxious to talk about children, cases GSOC deals with that involve those under 18 years of age. I am anxious because any type of attack or assault on a child is utterly unacceptable in society, and for it to be perpetrated by a...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Paul McAuliffe: In those cases, probably all cases, are members of An Garda Síochána involved in the questioning of people who are reporting a crime or is it only the staff of GSOC who are involved in that questioning?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Paul McAuliffe: Therefore, a child who has been assaulted by a garda may be in a situation where, as part of a GSOC investigation, he or she is being questioned in a room where there is a uniformed garda.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) Paul McAuliffe: I know I have run out of time, but if there is specific work or research GSOC has done that it can share with members of the committee in respect of children and patterns of violence against children, I would appreciate it.