Results 81-100 of 139 for gsoc speaker:Clare Daly

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (1 Oct 2015)

Clare Daly: ..., we know that the court was not given evidence of the perpetrator's previous convictions. The Garda did not give that information to the court, so the court made the decision without it. GSOC is carrying out a public investigation in respect of this area into 59 admissible complaints of a criminal character, yet one of the policemen who is under investigation has been promoted. One...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: ...an absolute fudge. It is chaotic, it is not clear and is a recipe for blame games and the type of fluthering around that was experienced in respect of the controversy with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. An examination of head 24 really exposes how this Bill does not provide for an independent policing authority. As the Minister proposes it, the authority can...

Appointment of Chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I will share time. I will speak for four minutes and Deputy Mick Wallace for one. I am very glad that the appointment to GSOC has finally been made and that we are not going into the recess without it. The gap has been far too long between the retirement of Mr. Simon O'Brien and this appointment and I feel the commissioners have suffered in his absence. The time when he was at the...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: ...is generally not good practice. I am not in any way casting aspersions on the individual in question. It is a bit like the appointment of Judge Mary Ellen Ring as the new commissioner of GSOC. Again, she must be moved up the rank to take that position. If we are saying these positions should be open to all, they should be open to all and we should change the circumstances that allow...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (18 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: The Minister, obviously, has no role in processing individual cases; she is not responsible for that matter. However, she is responsible for the lack of teeth in the GSOC organisation. We had a unique opportunity in the legislation that was before the House to give it real strength, but that opportunity was not taken. I put it to the Minister that she has allowed the Garda organisations to...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (18 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: ...be able to discuss this issue, although happy is probably the wrong word because I genuinely believe that we are now at crisis point in terms of the functioning or rather the lack of functioning of GSOC. I have come to the conclusion that the departure of Simon O'Brien will represent a turning point in that organisation. A year ago knowledge of GSOC and its role was growing in the public...

Industrial Relations (Members of the Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Apr 2015)

Clare Daly: ...seem to be using that organisation as a vehicle for promoting themselves or something. It is certainly not being used to challenge management by any stretch. That was really vindicated at the time of the GSOC bugging scandals when the former Garda Commissioner, Mr. Martin Callinan, contacted the four Garda representative organisations and asked them to issue a statement condemning...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: ...-changing. That is the point we are trying to address. It is very good that, for the first time, section 103 inserts a statutory and legal obligation on the Commissioner to provide information to GSOC. That is good and we are very happy with it but as Deputy Wallace said, it is only being provided in regard to section 102 inquiries. It is not being provided in sections 95 and 98, and...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: ...take an injunction against An Garda Síochána to stop it from holding an internal investigation into a spurious non-complaint, allegedly made by his partner against him. The man is living with this. He went to GSOC and the commission took his complaints seriously but he has been left isolated and vulnerable. He is not on his own. Others are in the same position in respect of...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: The Minister alluded earlier to the fact that she will be tabling some other amendments to deal with GSOC in the context of the imminent Garda authority legislation. The UN Human Rights Committee, in its periodic review last summer, made the point that there is an urgent need for Ireland to deal with this issue and strengthen the independence of GSOC while ensuring that the Garda authority...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: ...interests are intrinsically linked and a proper independent scrutiny is prohibited because of that ministerial block. When the heads of this Bill were announced there was a huge welcome for the headline that GSOC would be given the power to investigate the Commissioner, that it would be independent and autonomous. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties and many of the other human...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: ...that the Commissioner is now being included, the provision that it will be subject to the approval of the Minister takes the teeth from the entire process and undermines the strength and independence of GSOC. The political protection of the Commissioner remains. 2 o’clock It is precisely as Deputy Wallace says. While GSOC can now investigate the Commissioner, it is only where...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: In an ideal world, where things work smoothly on the basis of mutual respect and co-operation, co-operation between GSOC and An Garda Síochána would be advisable. Mandatory co-operation, if this does not sound like a contradiction, would be better. While there have, undoubtedly, been some improvements, the problem remains that if it is not specified, in cases in which tensions are...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: ...this. For example, where somebody was to initiate civil proceedings against An Garda Síochána, there is in many instances a two-year period when they can do so, therefore, I do not see why the GSOC issue would not be similar. Perhaps one of the positives out of all the recent controversies is the fact there is now a far greater awareness about GSOC. It is almost a household...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: ...up the case but did not get anywhere. Having given the Garda the option of investigating the matter internally, the individuals found that their complaint was not listened to and they made a complaint to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. GSOC decided it could not deal with the case because it was four years old, which is not good enough. Many of the cases that come...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: ...a key issue when the previous Garda Commissioner and Minister for Justice and Equality were in office. The perception at that time, which I believe reflected reality, was that in the case of a conflict between GSOC and senior Garda management, namely, the Commissioner, the Minister would side with the Garda Síochána to the detriment of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: I wish to respond to some of the points in the discussion. Let us suppose someone goes to the Garda or GSOC with a complaint and that person has never had a previous interaction and the response is that the same Garda station decides to investigate the complaint. That is absolutely not on. Certainly we are not suggesting that the Garda could not be involved in these matters but the faulty...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: This amendment clearly attempts to get to the heart of who is allowed to carry out investigations against the backdrop of a scenario where GSOC is incredibly stretched and under-resourced. For example, I have a complaint with GSOC which is now two years old. It is hardly a rocket-science or complex case. It involves the criminal activity of gardaí leaking information to the media and...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: We are discussing the functionality of GSOC, which is a critically important issue. It is not just us or members of the public saying so, the United Nations Human Rights Committee also expressed concern at the functioning of GSOC and made the point that Ireland should proceed with strengthening the organisation. I view this amendment as a step in that direction. Some excellent...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (29 Jan 2015)

Clare Daly: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that a person (details supplied) was one of the gardaí involved in the Kieran Boylan case, against whom GSOC recommended that criminal charges should be brought. [4212/15]