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Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Gary Gannon: ...oversight bodies in that there was too much confusion, too much overlap and not enough independence. Under this Bill, the oversight structure will change significantly with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, expanding to become the office of the police ombudsman, the Policing Authority and the Garda Inspectorate merging into the policing and community safety...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Mick Barry: ..., not refugees." Why were leaflets confiscated from members of People Before Profit? People Before Profit and Solidarity are writing letters of complaint to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and the Garda Commissioner and asking for this matter to be investigated. Is the Taoiseach prepared to say that these actions were wrong? Quite simply, they were wrong. They...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (16 Feb 2023) See 6 other results from this debate

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, will publish the investigation report into the killing of a person (details supplied) by gardaí over two years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7656/23]

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...to Garda numbers need to be addressed. Then, there is that protection for members of the Garda if people make complaints. We all accept the absolute need for the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. We need to see accountability in the Garda. Like many others, however, gardaí have had to deal with spurious GSOC complaints. This can provide some level of protection...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Browne: ...is important for gardaí and the effective policing of the communities that count on them. It also has the capacity to provide protection to our gardaí from spurious campaigns to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, thereby saving on resources and avoiding gardaí being unnecessarily taken from front-line duty. However, it can also have a direct impact...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...to ensure that the technology is there to protect members of An Garda Síochána who are interacting with the public. It is also to protect gardaí from complaints that can often be made through the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and other organisations in that there is actual evidence that cannot be contradicted because it is on the camera. We have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child and Family Agency (15 Dec 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...of State has given here. Her name is well known to Tusla and in the local Garda station because of her persistent campaigning. At one point, she triggered a Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, investigation into the way her local Garda station handled her abuse case. At the same time as this investigation was under way, she was applying for a house. During the GSOC...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022) See 6 other results from this debate

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will appreciate that GSOC is completely independent in the exercise of its functions. As Minister, I cannot intervene in or comment on an ongoing GSOC investigation. I am assured, however, that GSOC has the resources necessary to complete the investigation of this tragic incident and it is not possible at this time to give an estimate of the remaining time needed to complete the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Mick Barry: .... I want to use my remaining time to ask about the killing of George Nkencho by gardaí two years ago now. George's family were given to understand by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, that every attempt would be made to complete that investigation within a year of the killing, which would have been December of last year. The investigation has dragged on and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...and those of the Government to his family on their very sad loss.  As the Deputy will be aware, the fatal shooting is being fully investigated by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), which is the independent statutory body established with full powers to investigate such incidents. I understand that this investigation is ongoing. I am advised by GSOC that...

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

Peadar Tóibín: 578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she influenced the decision to rename GSOC the Office of the Police Ombudsman; her views on whether, 100 years after the formation of An Garda Síochána, the decision to delete the word gardaí from the new Ombudsman’s Office is a retrograde step in terms of heritage and the Irish language. [59081/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Nov 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...investigate complaints concerning the conduct of members of the Garda Síochána.  These functions were retained until Part 3 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 was enacted and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) was established in December 2005. It was not until GSOC became fully operational in 2007 that the responsibility for receiving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

...and commend it on everything it is doing, but the main issue for me is oversight of the HSE. Where is the oversight? Let us compare it to the Garda. The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Committee, GSOC, has proper teeth. There is also the Policing Authority oversight body. There is nothing in respect of health. When we met him, even the Taoiseach admitted that the HSE was only...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (20 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...on the tragic death of their son and brother. As the Deputy will be aware, the shooting of Mr. George Nkencho is being fully investigated by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), which is the independent statutory body established to investigate such incidents. This is the case with every incident involving the Gardaí that results in the death or serious harm...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: .... I am aware of the report referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy will be aware, the shooting of Mr. George Nkencho is being fully investigated by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), which is the independent statutory body established to investigate such incidents. This is the case with every incident involving the Gardaí that results in the death or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill 2022: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

...places of detention, dovetails effectively with other accountability mechanisms in the policing area. We are already laying the groundwork for that and consulting the current Policing Authority, GSOC and An Garda Síochána. What we are trying to make sure that we do is to design a future accountability and monitoring mechanism which is complementary to those existing and future...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...in a short time by this House. That is not to make any judgments but that would happen. Everyone would want to make inquires. We would be in a kind of a Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, situation. I get the sense GSOC has hundreds of inquiries to go through and people do not seem to get satisfaction in terms of timely responses. I am sorry for going on a bit there,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies (6 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...relation to any particular aspects of the operation and administration of An Garda Síochána. 2006 12 Chief Inspector€150,597 Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) Independent oversight of alleged misbehaviour by members of An Garda Síochána. Receives complaints made by members of the public...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...5,750 Coyne Research Strategic Review of Abhaile, the State-Funded Mortgage Arrears Resolution Service, commissioned by the Department of Social Protection and undertaken in conjunction with the Department of Justice. Q4 2022 Costs are being met by the Department of Social Protection Indecon Review of the Current GSOC...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth will be that the Government shall ignore it until it goes away. In recent years, Alice triggered a Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, investigation into the Garda station that failed to act on her abuse disclosures in the past. During that investigation, the Garda station wrote to a local authority...