Results 61-67 of 67 for gsoc speaker:Catherine Murphy

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I have no issue and an update is fine, but are there boundaries with the likes of GSOC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, and others? Maybe the Comptroller and Auditor General might give us some sort of an indication on it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Page 16, on Vote 24, deals with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. There was a saving of €800,000 due to not proceeding with an investigation into wrongful cancellation of fixed charge notices. My understanding is there are queues of work for GSOC. Could those funds have been used at the time to deal with some of those queues?

Order of Business (16 Jan 2018)

Catherine Murphy: ...regarding protected disclosures and a business case was sent to Government to ensure that resources were available to carry out the work in the context of protected disclosures. The chairperson of GSOC, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring, was forthright in an RTÉ interview last Sunday about the inadequacy of resources, with less than was sought in the business case provided. She made the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: ...it is an interpersonal dispute? She formed her opinion of that at the time but it is very important that this ended up in the public domain. We have the potential of a fraud here that has gone to GSOC. Even that would not have happened had this not come into public light or is unlikely to have happened. Does the Commissioner still believe it was an interpersonal dispute?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Murphy: While I know an investigation takes time to complete, when the Garda refers a matter to GSOC does it expect GSOC to work within a timeframe? In other words, is it timely?

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...-ranging powers it would be overseen by a very balanced and representative board, which is vital. The Bill also provides for a basic code of service for the Garda Síochána, a breach of which would result in grounds for a complaint to GSOC. This is a key measure that greatly alters behaviour in the Garda from the top to the bottom. There need to be consequences because...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...amount of power. That is not what was intended by the framers of the Constitution. There was to be a separation of power between the Executive and the Oireachtas. As we saw in recent days, GSOC is supposed to report to the Oireachtas, but it was the Minister who appointed the judge and it was the Minister and the Attorney General who drew up the terms of reference. The Government is...