Results 41-60 of 67 for gsoc speaker:Catherine Murphy

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I am not looking for details of protected disclosures but has GSOC got such disclosures? Do they come internally from GSOC or from An Garda Síochána? What tends to be the profile?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The fact GSOC has seven people on it suggests it is an ongoing stream of work.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Catherine Murphy: On protected disclosures, does GSOC have a profile it could give us? I ask it to provide the committee a note on the number of protected disclosures. I assume some of them are closed at this stage. I am looking for a broad outline of what they are about. I suspect they are equally to do with culture within an organisation because sometimes if one can deal with a matter by raising it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: ...in the final section of the table. It tells us there were 43 referrals in 2020 and 59 in 2021. It would useful for us to get some additional information on that. It would also be useful to ask GSOC if there are international comparisons. We need a breakdown of the circumstances in which the referrals arose. Was it in custody, during an arrest or a warrant search or was the officer on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: ...is a presumption in the way this is written that the complaints are all one way. My understanding is they can go both ways. Within that schedule, can we have both the ones that are referred from GSOC and the ones that are referred to GSOC?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: ...the ability to do the job it is asked to do, and there are some serious issues in this response in respect of just that. This is not the first time we have had something drawn to our attention by GSOC or Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring, who gave us quite a lengthy response on a previous occasion. A couple of paragraphs in the response before us are of concern. GSOC is being reformed and we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Can we request details of the core duties between GSOC and the Garda when we make that request, which I support? I refer not to the totality of the core duties of the Garda but to those that relate to GSOC. We should write to the Department of Justice as well to see if there is any conflict with legislation relating to GSOC. It would be useful to have both those pieces of information in...

Appointment of Member and Chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The debate is about the appointment of the new chairperson of GSOC. Like Deputy Howlin, I do not know Judge Rory MacCabe but wish him well in his new role. There is a lot of work to be done to realise the full potential of GSOC. Indeed, we will be talking about some changes in the new year. GSOC was not resourced properly from the get-go. We repeatedly hear that. GSOC does not have...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...point, the final paragraph on the front page of the correspondence states that in July this year there was agreement that the Department would manage overall funding within the Vote in order that GSOC could incur additional expenditure in the region of €300,000 in 2021. It states this additional funding would enable GSOC to address the immediate needs identified in the committee's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the ongoing pay dispute with senior officers of An Garda Síochána in relation to the availability allowance; and the impact of this dispute on current GSOC investigations. [46863/21]

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...will be possible. The pay dispute relates to a 25% increase in the availability allowances for being available outside of office hours. The senior officers are refusing to work outside of their main duties in protest at the non-payment of this increase. It is incredibly concerning that the pay dispute is impacting ongoing GSOC investigations, as senior officers are refusing to conduct...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...relates to the public interest. We are not a disinterested party. I accept that people need time to read this but I would be supportive of the Committee of Public Accounts also corresponding with GSOC. We have done this in the past. If we are going to deal with it next week are we going to be dealing with it in public or private session? That is the only outstanding issue I have.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements and Accounts (11 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with that. The level of resourcing may well play into that. It would be useful to have an engagement with GSOC. Other than that, I am fine with this item.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (18 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, has sufficient resources to carry out investigations in a timely way if it provides families with a family liaison officer in the same way as An Garda Síochána does, such as in the case of a family (details supplied); and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (17 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of GSOC officers who have availed of accredited education, further education and or training since taking up their posts since GSOC was established; and her plans to provide links to further accredited training and education through equivalents in other jurisdictions. [8131/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (17 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the legislative arrangement of having Garda superintendents investigate complaints from members of the public given GSOC is now obliged to carry out same under the Garda Síochána (Discipline) Regulations 2007. [8132/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (17 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures made to GSOC since its establishment; the number that required the engagement of a third-party consultant in order to process them; and the costs of same. [8133/21]

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...has come through the PAS system. I echo that this gives a degree of confidence in how the process works. It is always worth remembering that policing occurs in a social and economic context. GSOC is an important part of the current regulatory framework within the criminal justice system. It is important and right that there should be a healthy tension between GSOC and the Garda but...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (13 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 692. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she read the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, report in respect of a person (details supplied); if she has engaged with or plans to engage with the person’s relatives; if she will clarify the appeals process in respect of GSOC reports and-or the course of action persons may take in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Collection (15 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of data access requests GSOC and CAB have made to telecommunications and social media companies in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies that the data was requested from; and the...