Results 121-140 of 143 for gsoc speaker:Mick Wallace

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: I have three questions for the Minister and I will try not to take too long. Does the Minister believe it was appropriate for the Garda Commissioner to publicly issue a list of demands to GSOC, a body to which the Garda Síochána is supposed to be accountable, on the Monday before last? Can the Minister confirm whether he shares the Garda Commissioner's absolute confidence that no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...time. Can the Minister confirm whether he shares the Garda Commissioner's absolute confidence that no rogue elements of the 13,000-strong Garda force may have been involved in the surveillance of GSOC members or offices? Can the Minister specify whether he has formally requested inquiries to be made by the Garda Commissioner in this regard, whether he has received formal confirmation...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: ..." he rubbished any notion that he might not have behaved properly in sharing information about me of a personal nature. None of his ministerial colleagues criticised him for this. He refused to allow GSOC to investigate the Roma children affair. Prior to the Minister's appointment, GSOC asked to investigate matters relating to the Corrib gas project under section 106 of the Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...or electronic surveillance found. He repeated that three times. There is an apparent need for definitive proof. Was that standard of proof imposed by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, or the Minister? With regard to the anomaly-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...commission received or sought unequivocal and categorical assurances from the Minister and the Garda Síochána as to whether any authorised or lawful covert surveillance has been authorised on the GSOC or any part thereof since its creation in 2007?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...witness did not confirm if the office received or sought unequivocal assurances from the Minister or the Garda Síochána on whether any authorised and lawful covert surveillance had taken place on GSOC. He has indicated that he trusts things were fine. Was the question asked of whether there was authorised surveillance initiated by either the Minister or the Garda Síochána?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: I am of the opinion that if GSOC is unable to ask those questions, we certainly have a problem. GSOC has indicated that databases were not compromised but this does not exclude the possibility of data being accessed either through e-mails or bugging equipment. Will Mr. O'Brien confirm if this possibility was addressed in the UK security agency report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...the lack of clarification on matters of suspicion and doubt? Will it be very difficult for the public to have confidence in this? It is not rocket science, and many Irish people believe that GSOC was bugged by An Garda Síochána-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...what we had for the penalty points issue? If there is an independent inquiry we deal with suspicions and the fuzzy area of doubt. Do the witnesses believe an independent inquiry would strengthen GSOC, the police force and the Minister while bringing clarification to the issue? Would it put all these suspicions to bed?

Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: At this stage, most people are of the opinion that all is not well in terms of how our police force is operating and how the Minister deals with it and the inspectorate. We realise that GSOC does not have much power or funding, but it has been treated poorly in recent days. Once the news broke, the urgency and eagerness of members of the Government in attacking the GSOC was disconcerting....

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...pressure, he'll go after you." Our Minister for Justice and Equality will "go after you". What is going on? This Minister has referred the matter to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, in a limited form under section 102. He still refuses to apply section 106, which would investigate practices, policies and procedures of how the Garda Síochána operates....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...he would have introduced section 106, because it would have allowed for a wider examination of the practices, policies and procedures of An Garda Síochána, which is necessary. Unfortunately, the GSOC's hands are tied unless the Minister introduces section 106. This legislative deficiency in our policing oversight mechanism was severely criticised by UN rapporteur Margaret...

Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2014: Motion (29 Jan 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...the last 18 months bears this out strongly. The Garda still refuses to publish this code of conduct. There is no code of practice issued for statutory powers given to gardaí. It is not published. The GSOC has no power over them. Officials in the GSOC have no access to the PULSE system. They are not allowed to look at policies, practices, procedures and they cannot investigate...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (10 Dec 2013)

Mick Wallace: ...problems. A section 98 investigation will more than likely blame individual gardaí for decisions made by a higher authority. First, does the Minister honestly believe it is satisfactory that GSOC's hands are tied unless the Minister consents to an investigation under section 106, a deficit that was criticised by the United Nations Special Rapporteur, Margaret Sekaggya, in her report...

Other Questions: Departmental Reports (12 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: ...statute, is only to look at HSE powers and if it was otherwise, we would not have to introduce legislation to give her extra powers. We already have the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, set up as a statutory body to investigate Garda misconduct, but yet the Minister for Justice and Equality seems to be ignoring and bypassing the specific statutory role and remits...

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: ...will be introduced in the context of certain aspects of policing. I apologise for not being present earlier and for missing the Minister's reply to an earlier question. Will he confirm whether GSOC has direct access to the PULSE computer system? It may have been granted such access but I have not heard whether that is the case. Does the Minister have any intention of publishing the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (25 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: 54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider strengthening the powers of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, in order to increase their capacity to hold An Garda Síochána to account. [39813/13]

Private Members' Business - Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Mick Wallace: ...in how they are policed. A young adult in Darndale should be able to express his views as to how he thinks he should be policed, he should be able to go to a local Garda station and discuss the matter. The independent board would be involved in policing unlike the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, which is on the outside looking in, but the board would not be a police...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Mick Wallace: Has GSOC ever requested the code of discipline from the Garda Síochána?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Mick Wallace: Has GSOC requested access to its precise contents?