Results 41-60 of 109 for gsoc speaker:Enda Kenny

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: .... In many cases people look for particular elements of justice, as they see it, arising from these complaints. They are being examined by a panel of legal experts. The legislation in respect of GSOC is before the House. The terms of reference arising from the Guerin report will be dealt with next week. The interview panel was completely independent. I saw the Deputy's statement that...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...Garda misconduct or problems with investigating misconduct. The Fennelly commission of investigation is continuing its work. The report of Mr. Justice Cooke's inquiry into reports of unlawful surveillance of GSOC, has been published. The review of the Garda Síochána under the Haddington Road agreement, which is expected to be concluded shortly, encompasses all aspects of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...to investigate any policing matter that gives rise to concern that a member of An Garda Síochána may have committed an offence or behaved in a manner that would require disciplinary proceedings. It can request GSOC, subject to the approval of the Minister, to investigate any behaviour of the Garda Commissioner in the context of his or her functions in regard to policing matters....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...area of justice. The Government has already made considerable progress in this regard. The Protected Disclosures Act 2014, which enables Garda whistleblowers to report their concerns directly to GSOC, has been commenced. In addition, an open competition has been held in respect of the appointment of the next Garda Commissioner. I expect that appointment will probably be made towards...

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...and allegations which came both to my Department and the Department of Justice and Equality and were made following publicity on this issue. All of these claims, as I understand, have been sent to GSOC for analysis. I still get claims coming in from people, whom I advise to report directly to GSOC for an analysis. The budget to be presented next week will include the conclusion of the...

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...establishment of the independent police authority. Regarding the assessment of claims and allegations, they all, as I explained, have gone from my Department and the Department of Justice and Equality to GSOC. That work is under way. The Minister for Justice and Equality is very focused on doing this right and in such a way that it will be a litmus test of how serious we are about...

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...of investigation arising out of the Guerin report. A number of difficult cases were brought to my attention, some of them by the Deputy in this House, as well as others that were sent directly to GSOC and others by the Justice for All group. These have been assessed in respect of the work that may have been carried out on them and the difficulties associated with them. That work is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...the commission of investigation into the Guerin report. That matter has not been finalised yet. It dealt with the preparation of a draft scheme of a Bill to deal with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and with the process for a review of how to deal with a couple of hundred cases that came in covering a range of issues about, complaints against and matters relevant...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The report of Judge John D. Cooke on his Inquiry into Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Siochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) was received in my Department on 4 June 2014. I was in the United States on a jobs-focussed mission in Silicon Valley at that time and received the report following my return on 8 June 2014. I brought the Report to the attention of the Government at...

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...to light, some going back many years, that are outside the remit of the Guerin report. I am also considering whether we should wait and reflect upon the report by Mr. Justice Cooke in respect of GSOC and have both reports considered together. I do not wish to define terms of reference for the Guerin report until I see what the Minister for Justice and Equality recommends arising from the...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...inquiry into serious crime investigation, management, operational and procedural issues. Third, we agreed to bring forward legislation strengthening the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. Fourth, we decided to commission an expert review of the performance management and administration of the Department of Justice and Equality with a very short timeline to report. We...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Guerin report was exceptionally critical of GSOC, and was critical of the Department of Justice and Equality and the Garda Síochána regarding the analysis, operation and management of these matters. Therefore, when this important matter was raised here, we took it very seriously and acted speedily, decisively and clearly regarding what must be done. We need a Garda force with...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...dealing with those historic and legacy cases. As I pointed out, the Cabinet agreed to the Minister's recommendation today that there be a review of the status and strengthening of the operation of GSOC. It is very important to have a system that is able to withstand and deal with the range of issues that come before it. The Government will proceed with the Minister speedily to specify...

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: When I say that GSOC did not co-operate with the senior counsel, I mean that GSOC expressed difficulties in respect of furnishing documentation to him. Clearly, Deputy Shatter, as Minister for Justice and Equality, pointed out on many occasions the inadequacies, as he saw them, of both the then confidential recipient structure and the structure of GSOC itself. If a properly functioning GSOC...

Order of Business (7 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...for the commission of investigation, as recommended by Mr. Guerin, to see how they should be structured, what it is the commission of investigation should look at and whether it should include GSOC and the analysis that took place by the different authorities - the Department of Justice and Equality, the Garda Síochána and so on. The terms of reference will obviously have to be...

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...answered that question. In respect of the Fianna Fáil Deputy mentioned, with respect, Deputy Alan Shatter is not Deputy Willie O'Dea. The Minister considered the implications of the report. GSOC did not co-operate with Mr. Guerin. The terms of reference included the fact that Mr. Guerin was authorised to interview Sergeant McCabe and such persons as may be considered necessary and...

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...of the justice brief that the report comes to the conclusion that there was inadequate investigation and analysis of the issues raised by Sergeant McCabe by a variety of agencies. I point out that GSOC did not co-operate with Mr. Guerin. I point out that Mr. Guerin did not speak to the Minister. I point out that the report recommends that there be a comprehensive commission of...

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: We are awaiting reports from Mr. Guerin SC and Mr. Justice Cooke. An Oireachtas committee is looking at the terms of reference in respect of GSOC. These are matters of the greatest importance. Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan, along with Deputies Daly and Wallace, presented me with several documents in respect of various allegations which I am following up at the Deputy’s...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters relative to An Garda Síochána and other persons) Order 2014: Motion (16 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: .... It is difficult to know the truth in all these matters. When the evidence was presented to me in the Dáil and when one goes through the issues, many of these issues were dealt with by the Garda Commissioner, the DPP or GSOC, but I speak for none of those three. What does one do? Does one set up another public inquiry about each of these matters or does one get a criminal lawyer...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Minister will deal with the question of the whistleblowers when he speaks on the report of the Garda inspectorate. The Minister himself was the first to state that GSOC, in the way it was set up, could not function to its full potential and was inadequate in a number of respects. This is the reason he wishes to change it and the reason an Oireachtas committee is considering these matters.