Results 101-120 of 989 for gsoc

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022) See 4 other results from this debate

Mick Barry: ...death of George Nkencho is due to reconvene in June. However, it is also my understanding that the inquest cannot properly reconvene until such time as the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, investigation into his death is complete. That investigation is not yet complete. The Nkencho family had been given to believe that it would be completed before the one-year...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Information and Communications Technology (17 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...is either replaced or upgraded, and therefore not re-used. Forensic Science Ireland IT equipment that has reached end of life is securely disposed of by Vyta Lifecycle IT Solutions. GSOC All HDDs/SSDs are removed from obsolete devices, industrially wiped and industrially shredded. The remaining components are recycled by the Prison Service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be aware, under section 87(4) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the remit of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) extends to investigating complaints of a criminal or non-criminal nature against former members of An Garda Síochána. This is subject to the complaint meeting admissibility requirements with regard to time limits which may be...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Engagement with the Taoiseach (12 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...into the regulatory or appeals side have become snowed under by the volume and there is no satisfaction. The public are making complaints. Let us take the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. I am not blaming it or any other body but speaking just as a Deputy and forgetting about being Taoiseach for a moment, would I recommend someone go to GSOC with a complaint? It...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 May 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 220 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is the independent statutory body established under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended) to deal with complaints concerning Garda conduct. As Minister, I play no role in the internal administration of GSOC. I am advised that, as a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022) See 4 other results from this debate

Colm Burke: I will move on to the issue of policing, security and community safety Bill, which relates to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and the Policing Authority. Has there been engagement on the Bill? I know it has not been passed. Has there been engagement at this stage to ensure that when it is passed we can put in place mechanisms to ensure an easy and cost-effective...

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022) See 23 other results from this debate

...that we publish their opening statements on the committee's website. Is that agreed? Agreed. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the witnesses from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. We have engaged with some of them before. I welcome Mr. Justice Rory MacCabe, chairperson, Commissioner Emily Logan, Commissioner Hugh Hume, and Ms Aileen Healy, director of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022) See 114 other results from this debate

Brian Stanley: ...House. The Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, is a permanent witness to the committee. This morning we will engage with officials from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, to examine its 2020 financial statements. The meeting will be suspended for an hour at 12.30 p.m. When we resume at 1.30 p.m., we will engage with the Policing Authority to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (7 Apr 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

...not get involved in the detail of individual cases. We would, however, want to see that such matters are being dealt with appropriately and independently and that they are being appropriately referred to GSOC. We do not want to see themes arising from complaints that might indicate the presence of systemic issues we should be following up on from an organisational oversight perspective....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...to try to undertake attic insulation. We have to do better. Ten days ago, I stood with the family, friends and community of Terence Wheelock, who died in a Garda station 16 years ago. There was a GSOC investigation in 2014.There were inconsistencies, inaccuracies and more questions than answers in its report. The family needs an independent inquiry. In this regard, I appeal to the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) See 21 other results from this debate

James O'Connor: ...Garda Síochána, there appears to be serious discrepancies depending on the level of controversy in some investigations. In particular, I would mention that the committee has been waiting for the GSOC investigation into the Garda training college. That has been going on for over five years. Is there any degree of clarity or closure coming to that? What progress has been made in...

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

Helen McEntee: ...out that if the organisation referred to by the Deputy feels the service and treatment they received from An Garda Síochána falls below what is expected, it is of course open to them to contact the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC). GSOC is the independent body charged with receiving complaints from the public concerning members of An Garda Síochána....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Bríd Smith: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and details of the progress of the GSOC investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); when the investigation will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16244/22]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Brian Stanley: ...McPhillips, Secretary General of Department of Justice, dated 15 March 2022. It provides information requested by the committee regarding the workload of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, complaints referred by it to An Garda Síochána and vice versa, and an update regarding the meeting with regard to senior members of the Garda facilitated by the Workplace...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 780. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths by year in or following Garda custody or contact since the creation of GSOC including but not limited to shootings, pursuits, deaths in custody and deaths following any Garda interaction in tabular form. [14991/22]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Brian Stanley: ...of Justice, dated 16 February 2022 providing information requested by the committee regarding the impact of industrial action on the operations of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. The Secretary General advises that: ...agreement was reached between the parties on a mechanism to move the matter under dispute forward over the next two months. As part of this...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (23 Feb 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Micheál Martin: ...an update on the current situation. I am not familiar with the case that Deputy Murphy has raised. With regard to the level at which inquiries need to take place, whether internal or external, GSOC is there. The Deputy indicated the Garda is doing an internal inquiry at present. Is this the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will request that. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 1054B is from Judge Rory McCabe, the chairman of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, dated 8 February 2022. It provides the information that was requested by the committee regarding the impact of industrial relations issues in An Garda Síochána on GSOC’s investigations and aspects of its work that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (17 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...their concerns and be confident they will be listened to and that those concerns will be addressed. We have a robust system of Garda oversight in place, including the introduction of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, which was established in 2005. My Department is in the process of further strengthening our oversight structures through the policing, security and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: Hear me out. We have GSOC in respect of the Garda-----