Results 61-80 of 139 for gsoc speaker:Clare Daly

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

Clare Daly: ...to mislead the ombudsman commission in regard to evidence about the motivation of Sergeant Maurice McCabe. The report has been submitted to the commission. Has Ms O'Sullivan been contacted by GSOC regarding that investigation?

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: ...because the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality has been presented with evidence over a period of two and half years which shows that has not been the case. The Taoiseach tells us that GSOC has the powers, that its powers are there for all to see but is powers are not there for all to see. Even GSOC has said that it does not have the powers to deal with this situation....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister for Justice and Equality (5 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: ...system and activities are being consciously downgraded to understate crime levels. We must return to it. The Minister is aware that the Garda Síochána Inspectorate has commented on the situation. GSOC and the Policing Authority have said they are not adequately equipped legally to do the job the public expects them to do, namely, to be the body of oversight and to deal with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (29 Sep 2016)

Clare Daly: ...the matter of the conflict between the evidence given to the O'Higgins inquiry by two senior Garda and a person (details supplied) regarding a meeting that took place between them in Mullingar to GSOC; the expected timeframe of the investigation; and if the report will be published. [27955/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (21 Sep 2016)

Clare Daly: I might come back in on a couple of things to start off. The profile of GSOC is much higher as a result of many of the Garda controversies over recent years. That is a good and a bad thing. The figures show that out of 2,000 complaints in 2015, which represented more than 5,000 allegations, roughly half were not pursued. That means that half the people who took their time and felt they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (21 Sep 2016)

Clare Daly: ...2014 when, in fairness, we raised many of the same points. We were told by the Minister - who is now also Tánaiste - at the time that everything was fine and that the changes and improvements to GSOC's operation would make it fit to do the job the public thinks it should do, namely, hold the Garda to account and investigate complaints. What we have heard now is that this is clearly...

Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (22 Jun 2016)

Clare Daly: ...dogs on the street have seen part is okay but the Minister, who is responsible for the Garda Commissioner, cannot gain access to it. Not only that but she told us she has referred the matter to GSOC. I presume the Minister believes GSOC will be able to examine material that she cannot examine; otherwise how could we get to the truth of the matter? It is not an insignificant matter. ...

Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (22 Jun 2016)

Clare Daly: ...to believe that what the Commissioner states in public and what she does in private are two entirely different matters. Leaving this matter open or sending it to Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, will not resolve the issues. The Tánaiste has the transcripts and the documentation in her possession. I want to know if the Tánaiste has read them. If not, why...

Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (22 Jun 2016)

Clare Daly: ...the information that is in her possession and charge. I asked the Tánaiste if she had read it. The Tánaiste seems to think it is sufficiently important to commission a section 102 investigation with GSOC into these matters which, the Tánaiste told us earlier, was critically important. What will GSOC find out or what will it look for? Was evidence given to the...

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (25 May 2016)

Clare Daly: ...There is no sea change. Deputy Boyd Barrett referred to Garda Keith Harrison. We are being told there is a new dawn here, that everything will be great for these whistleblowers. It is not great for them and the legislation the Minister lauds is not fit for purpose. GSOC is incapable of playing the role of Garda confidential recipient. Garda Harrison went to GSOC first on 13...

Adjournment Debate: Garda Reports (17 May 2016)

Clare Daly: ...xed;ochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, under which she can investigate and remove the Commissioner for actions that discredit her office? Will she commission the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Office, GSOC, to launch an investigation? If not, why not? I am reminded of a memorable contribution by Deputy Wallace in the Dáil when he told the...

Other Questions: Criminal Law Review (27 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: ...relates to the previous one on foot of the Minister's decision to have a review of the 2011 Act regarding journalists' records. It obviously arose from the controversy and media backlash over GSOC accessing journalists' phone records, which was a little ironic given that some of the most vociferous objectors to the powers of surveillance for GSOC over the Garda are some of the quietest...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (19 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: ...that rest with the Garda, the Revenue Commissioners, the Defence Forces and other State bodies which are not open to proper scrutiny or freedom of information requests. It is not just a matter for GSOC. If the Minister was serious about freedom of the press and citizens' humans rights, those aspects would be examined as well.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (19 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: ...conversation. We have consistently tried to raise it in this House but to the complete disinterest of the media and political establishment. There is a certain double standard in the outcry over GSOC accessing of journalist phone records and the response has been entirely disproportionate. Citizens have had their telephone conversations from prison with their solicitors tapped into and...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: ...is not willing to say on record now that it is a disgrace that it was not until Deputy Wallace went on record in the House that the Garda authorities handed over the files on the case of Keith Harrison to GSOC. That is what happened. We are dealing with a force which is undisciplined at the top and this Bill will not equip an authority to deal with it properly.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: ...service would be drawn up setting out standards of efficiency and service that the public could expect from gardaí. This is important because complaints in that vein cannot currently be made to GSOC. This is a critical section of the Bill. In the press releases the Minister sent out more than a year ago, it was lauded as a great step forward but as Deputy Wallace said, the code...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: ...of the Commissioner could, on the other hand, be a retrograde step for Irish policing, and this scenario would create a semblance of independence and accountability without the reality, just as was done with the creation of GSOC in the past decade. This would be a disservice to Irish society and to the members of the Garda Síochána. I totally and one hundred percent agree with...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: ...to the authority which is thereafter accountable to the Minister. One of our key points is that this confused model will not work and will result in future blame games similar to the ones which arose around the GSOC controversy. There is nothing wrong with our proposal to give GSOC a role in deciding these matters. There is no unified body that says it should not have that type of...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: ...Bill, we believe that this is the best way to deal with the issue. This relates to the point on State security, which is not defined in the Garda Síochána Act 2005. In certain cases where GSOC wanted to investigate matters but the Garda authorities or the Garda Commissioner objected to that on grounds of national security, the Minister was the final arbiter in the...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: ...other options and the Government could have given them proper consideration. For example, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, had no difficulty with issues of, say, national security policing being examined by GSOC or overseen by the proposed authority, which we would like, where national security policing impacts on the fundamental rights of individuals. The authority...