Results 101-109 of 109 for gsoc speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is the statement from GSOC. The section that I referred to and that the Deputy quoted from means that GSOC is entitled of its own initiative to report-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The balance between the Garda and GSOC is very important here. I do hope that the clarity that is necessary can be furnished at the open hearings of the Oireachtas committee tomorrow. From that point of view, the Minister for Justice and Equality will speak in some further detail after the Order of Business today.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am of the view, which is shared by everybody else, that we require clarity in respect of the GSOC and the integrity of that office which has responsibility for oversight of An Garda Síochána. I am also well aware of the importance of citizens having confidence in the integrity of An Garda Síochána. This issue was at the forefront of much discussion last weekend arising...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The GSOC is to attend the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Service, Oversight and Petitions tomorrow in public session. Deputy Martin is asking me today to have a public inquiry into this. Does he not think it appropriate that the GSOC should come before the committee and answer questions and provide clarification for Members of the House? Perhaps he does not want that. He is asking...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams made the point about newspaper reports that the office of the GSOC was the subject of sophisticated surveillance. A report claiming that the GSOC had been the subject of unlawful surveillance of a sophisticated nature was published in a Sunday newspaper on 9 February 2014. The Minister received a briefing on this yesterday by the chairman of the GSOC. The chairman said...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: A Cheann Comhairle, you have been very clear on this. Deputy Martin has raised an important question about the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. This is an essential and fundamental entity of our democratic system and it is very important the people have absolute confidence and faith in the integrity and the credibility of GSOC, no more than it is an important and...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: This is an issue of real importance and an issue of the confidence of the people in two very important institutions, both GSOC, which was set up for the purpose of having oversight in respect of gardaí, and the Garda Síochána itself. I am anxious, and I understand Deputies are anxious, to have as much information as is possible about the concerns that arose.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: ...Whip this morning that, after the Order of Business concludes, the Minister for Justice and Equality will make a statement to the House, with opportunities for Members to respond to that. I note GSOC will attend in public session at the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions tomorrow. It is important that there be clarity - clarity leading to confidence - about the...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I might say, for your information, a Cheann Comhairle, that the Government is not entitled to the report that was provided to GSOC by the company it chose. It is an independent body. However, the Minister for Justice and Equality has requested that the report would be supplied to him.