Results 1-15 of 15 for gsoc speaker:Verona Murphy

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: Does GSOC have any complaints mechanism to deal with the Policing Authority or is it just An Garda Síochána? Does GSOC not involve itself with the Policing Authority? If a complaint were made, for instance, against a Commissioner or an assistant commissioner, GSOC does not deals with it and, therefore, the maladministration, as some would refer to it, of the Dublin riots would not...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: However, the presence of gardaí or anything to do with the administration of gardaí in a rota for that event has nothing to do with GSOC.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...or vexatious complaints, because there certainly are for the Garda member? Whether it is found to be true or otherwise, it is a stressful time for the Garda member. Is there any action taken by GSOC with regard to such complaints?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: I understand. When we look at what level of complaints GSOC is handling and the staff, what impact is resourcing having on timelines and complaint tally?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: Does GSOC do KPIs?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: As a general comment, does Mr. Whelan find the Garda co-operate with GSOC? If it does not, it would impact the timeline obviously, but is it the case that it does or does not co-operate?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: It is on the lower end of the scale. An incident came to my attention where a complaint was passed from GSOC to be investigated by the local Garda, where the garda who was put forward was not even mentioned in the complaint. To me, that is something that not only would hold up things but it is a complete mix up if a garda is being investigated who has not even been mentioned by the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: Does it happen that a complainant comes to GSOC and says they do not know the garda’s name?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: I know. It would not have been that. I am just talking about when it comes back into the local arena. It is not really satisfactory that the gardaí are investigating gardaí. I am sure GSOC feels the same about that. That system gives rise to all types of issues such as the one I just mentioned. I want to ask about staffing, the range of employees and their benefits. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: That is fine. I could not figure out the lack of a figure when it came to 160 employees. How many GSOC staff are on secondment, if any? Are there seconded staff within GSOC?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (8 Feb 2024)

Verona Murphy: Does GSOC have any staff on secondment to it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2024)

Verona Murphy: I would rather have the Tusla and HSE representatives in on 8 February than the GSOC representatives. We have far more to lose by letting the issues I mentioned continue and fester. We need to know how the parent support elements of the Sláintecare plan are being rolled out. There are 19 healthy community programmes and we do not know at this stage what funding there will be for them....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2024)

Verona Murphy: I would like to swap the scheduled meeting with GSOC on 8 February to a later date and bring in Tusla and the HSE as early as possible.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2024)

Verona Murphy: I understand that. The meeting with GSOC is obviously important but is it as important from a value-for-money perspective as the issue I have raised?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Verona Murphy: ...it is one example of the effectiveness of the Committee of Public Accounts. The second strand related to European funds. I concur with what Deputy Carthy has proposed. My understanding was that GSOC was conducting an investigation into this, but I do not think anything precludes us from inquiring from the commission as to the time it is working to. We debated two items of legislation...