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Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...to determine what actions they might take.In 2014, my predecessor, former Minister, Alan Shatter, referred the matter to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. Members of the House will be aware that GSOC has a statutory responsibility to deal with complaints concerning the conduct of members of the Garda Síochána. At the time of the Minister’s referral, GSOC...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Robbie Gallagher: ...in the lead-up to the event. They have been waiting too long. They have been waiting six years for answers. It is not on for any State body to take six years to produce a report on any issue. For GSOC to take six years to conclude a report on this issue only adds to the pain that the O'Farrell family is going through. If we even had a conclusion after six years, we could live with it...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

David Norris: ...by the Garda.He had no tax and no NCT. That car, by law, should have been seized. Had it been seized at that point Shane O'Farrell would still be alive. I refer to the recommendations of the GSOC report. One is that attendance in court for victims, especially in cases involved with fatalities and serious assaults, can be particularly traumatic. Where has that come from? Of course it...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Martin Conway: ...someone out on bail with multiple convictions who was allowed to drive a car and to cause this horrific tragedy. I listened carefully to what the Minister said in his address. The matter is with GSOC and it has yet to report on it. When GSOC does report on the matter and if it is then deemed necessary to carry out further investigations or to have a commission of investigation I have no...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...Garda Síochána was contacted by the PSNI to confirm his address and criminal record, which was done, but even then the alarm bells did not ring. This was a whole-of-system failing and to leave this to GSOC to investigate is an abdication of responsibility by the Government. The only way to get to the bottom of everything that went wrong is to conduct a public inquiry. I am...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ..., we talk about people appearing on television programmes and getting a "soft interview". My God but An Garda Síochána got a soft interview. What a shocking failure. We need to give more powers to GSOC and to radically reform that organisation. That is the lesson from this episode. As it happens, GSOC was not the appropriate body to investigate this case because it is much...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...such as Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal. The Minister is aware that there has been a whole sequence of findings that were highly critical of our practice of policing. In his own speech, the Minister referred to the GSOC report into Shane's death, that was finally produced in April this year. The end of that report summarises some of the issues arising from problems in the justice system. I...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: ...it is incumbent on the Minister to listen to his colleagues in the Lower House. A public inquiry such as this needs to be set up immediately and without any delay. We saw unbelievable delays in the GSOC report and the family were waiting for six years but really still have nothing. GSOC is still waiting to see whether or not disciplinary sanctions should be brought against various...