Results 21-35 of 35 for gsoc speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Feb 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...series of engagements. In her opening statement Ms Justice Ring indicated that, contrary to the view gardaí would not turn to a body which dealt with complaints about them, members had gone to GSOC to look for help and support in the making of protected disclosures. She indicated a sense or an awareness of some not presenting because the process might take too long. An...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Feb 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...has been well established in her previous attendances at the committee. I thank her colleague, Ms Claire Grady, for joining us and wish both of them well in their continued efforts to help ensure GSOC will be able to tick the necessary boxes. It is to be hoped it can do so more speedily than we will be able to tick the boxes in making our recommendations. I once again extend our thanks...

Committee Report on Garda Oversight and Accountability: Motion (2 Feb 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...are contained in this report. I welcome the Minister's confirmation that she had a specific meeting in this regard last month with the chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and I am happy to note that the Minister is shortly to go to Cabinet to secure approval to prepare heads of a Bill to amend Part 4 of the Garda Síochána Act of 2005 in...

Committee Report on Garda Oversight and Accountability: Motion (2 Feb 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...heard, it became evident that the legislative powers governing the oversight bodies needed to be strengthened to ensure more effective oversight and accountability. Our report contains nine recommendations which are set out on pages 20 to 22. The first three recommendations relate to GSOC. The legislation underpinning GSOC, the Garda Síochána Act 2005, has been in operation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: .... The committee has identified oversight and the accountability of An Garda Síochána as priority issues in its 2016 work programme. The chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring appeared before the committee last month, while representatives of the Policing Authority were present three weeks ago. The Garda Commissioner,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...has had, would many members have instanced situations he would have felt necessitated advice to refer to senior management or even to the newly prescribed means of highlighting these problems directly to GSOC through the protected disclosures process? Has such a situation ever presented in those engagements or has the Garda Inspectorate not been viewed by individuals members as an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: .... The joint committee has identified oversight and accountability of An Garda Síochána as one of its priority issues in its 2016 work programme. The chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring appeared before the committee last month and Ms Josephine Feehily of the Policing Authority appeared before it two weeks ago....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...comes to me to ask a number of short questions, if I may. In her address to us here, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring spoke about the delay in responding to requests for reports and other information. GSOC makes requests but there is an inordinate delay, in her own words, and an untimeliness, in responding that makes the work of GSOC difficult. I will call it, as we see it, an unco-operative...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the assistant commissioner and the Commissioner. It is the case that GSOC is primarily focused on external complaints. It has been recently suggested in media discourse and elsewhere that perhaps we need a Garda ombudsman for the internal complaints process. In other words, an ombudsman to deal with members of the force when they present their issues. Has the Commissioner...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Authority: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...programme. We were late getting to work on that programme but in a short time, we identified several witnesses to appear before us. Last week the chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring appeared before us. Today we are engaging with the Policing Authority, the Garda Commissioner will attend on 5 October and the Garda...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The events of the past two days, with revelations of widespread institutionalised violations of civil rights by gardaí, coming in the wake of the penalty points scandal and the bugging of the GSOC office, represent without question a crisis for the justice system in this State and for the Garda Síochána and the coalition Government. The country is still trying to come to...

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...disgusting, despite the fact that the Garda Inspectorate report, we believe, vindicates the claims made by both gardaí? Does the Taoiseach not agree that it is time now no longer to park matters for the GSOC report or any other report, review or opinion that will present? There is sufficient information and evidence to prompt an immediate response from the Minister. Will he come...

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...- the Minister of State may not recognise or accept what I am about to say - now appears to be in a shambles. The past fortnight has been dominated by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, scandal, with the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, at its epicentre. This has diverted attention from a situation that is also extremely serious and in which two...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...word "service". Too often we hear the word 'force' in respect of police here and in other jurisdictions. The Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinane, addressing the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, issue, referred to "my force". That displays a certain mind-set which has to be addressed if we are to see real reform and real accountability in policing. We need political...

Written Answers — Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (4 Mar 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...resources available to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and his views on whether the contingent of just 30 investigators is sufficient to deal with the case load in view of the fact GSOC received 3,500 complaints since May 2007, 900 of which related to alleged criminal behaviour on the part of the Gardaí. [9000/08]