Results 121-139 of 139 for gsoc speaker:Clare Daly

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (27 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether GSOC has been undermined, or strengthened, by the recent surveillance controversy; the action he proposes to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9675/14]

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: ...". He tells us he does not have any animosity towards Garda McCabe, but he spent most of his contribution trying to undermine the latter, in much the same way as he hold us he was a great supporter of GSOC while every action he has taken has been either to accuse the commission of not fulfilling its statutory duty or an attempt to undermine it at every turn. The Minister spent a great...

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)

Clare Daly: ...has had. Ultimately, a judge is a person and what makes him or her different are the powers he or she has on becoming a judge. It is interesting that in a paper review of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, - not of the surveillance and who was responsible but of GSOC's handling of the recent situation - the Government has just happened to choose to appoint a judge....

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

Clare Daly: The Minister has misrepresented and quoted selectively throughout. Most of his submission to us allegedly relied on what GSOC had stated. GSOC, including Mr. Kieran FitzGerald, stated there was no evidence of Garda misconduct. Will the Minister state it is equally the case that there is no evidence of the Garda having been exonerated? It is a "Yes" or "No" answer. We have not received a...

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

Clare Daly: ...back to my original questions, none of which, conveniently, were answered. I will rehearse them because the Minister might be a bit tired. In respect of the first question, the Minister said that GSOC and the security companies will be co-operating with the judge's inquiry. Will the Minister and the Garda Commissioner co-operate with this inquiry? Why did the Minister not choose a...

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

Clare Daly: ...asking. From what the Minister is saying, one would be led to believe that he and the Garda Commissioner are not included under the terms of reference and that it is quite a specific issue with GSOC. We will know later, I suppose.

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

Clare Daly: I have a couple of brief questions. If I am brief, I would like the Minister to be brief, so I can come back in with some more. It is strange that, unlike GSOC, the Garda Commissioner is solely accountable to the Minister, and that he did not deem it appropriate to ask Mr. Martin Callinan to account for his actions over the course of the past two weeks. The review will be fully...

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

Clare Daly: -----spying on GSOC. No one said there was. He has missed the point. The issue is that a password-protected secure GSOC network was capable of connecting to something. That is the issue, not what it was connecting to. The Minister claims there is nothing there. Can he explain these anomalies?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 547. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the seriousness of the surveillance on GSOC, when he was made aware of this; and if he will provide assurances that this surveillance not was carried out on behalf of members of the Garda who were being investigated by GSOC. [7508/14]

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

Clare Daly: .... Why would the media then bother having to engage in surveillance if they could get the information anyway? I do not think it is the complainant. Who has an interest in conducting surveillance on GSOC? Mr. O’Brien has said seven people had access to the commission’s secret report which he fears might end up with the media. Was the report in electronic format? Were...

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

Clare Daly: ..." incident, dealing with irrelevant information that he should not have had on Deputy Wallace, but which he chose to use, and on information today about a potential security breach in the GSOC, which he should have had but did not. All of these issues are linked. The problem is not about a tension between the GSOC and An Garda Síochána. The real problem is the axis of power...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Oversight (11 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: ...into account the recommendations in both reports calling for the repeal of section 106 of the GSA Act 2005; and if he will finally and immediately repeal section 106 by which the independence of GSOC is compromised. [6731/14]

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

Clare Daly: ...for so long, but now when it is standing up in neon lights, he acknowledges it, as if it is something he himself has discovered. He is the same man who bragged about giving the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, access to the PULSE records this morning and that he is going to deal with that now. Six months ago, when the GSOC asked for access, he refused to include that...

Other Questions: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: ...to know why the DPP decided not to prosecute. That should have been done well before now. I am glad the Minister is looking at it now, but to my mind that is a basic human right. For example, the GSOC referred a number of cases to the Director of Public Prosecutions in respect of the Corrib incidents, but not one of them was prosecuted and nobody got information about it. I attempted to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (10 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he has not enabled GSOC to access the PULSE system under the new protocols, despite their outlining on a number of occasions that this was necessary to enable them to carry out their function effectively. [42873/13]

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

Clare Daly: 27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in overcoming the difficulties which have been experienced by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, in working with the Garda; the steps that have been taken and will be taken to deal with delays and non-cooperation from gardaí. [39782/13]

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

Clare Daly: ...in people being incarcerated - incarcerations later found to be unlawful and which will undoubtedly cost the State a huge amount of money. Not only that but we have the revelations in the recent GSOC report where it highlighted in an unprecedented way its grave concerns about the handling of informants. Yet it is our understanding that the chief handler of the informant at the centre of...

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

Clare Daly: ...current position where that information is withdrawn. The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has been told if it wants a circular to ask for it, but how is the commission supposed to know that a circular has been issued? This is activity that has been ongoing since the GSOC published its report and our question to the Minister concerns what he is going to do about it. When his...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Administration (13 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to improve the operation of the GSOC with particular reference to the problems they identified in their annual report 2012 and the fact that no names were mentioned in the investigation (details supplied). [28223/13]