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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (16 Feb 2023)
Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, will publish the investigation report into the killing of a person (details supplied) by gardaí over two years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7656/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (16 Feb 2023)
Paul Murphy: ...report has still not been published two years later is incredible. The family has been driven into a situation of having to take civil action. The inquest has not been able to conclude as a result of the GSOC report not being published. I know the Minister will say it is a GSOC matter and not one for him. That is true, but there is a problem here if we cannot get a GSOC report about...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (16 Feb 2023)
Simon Harris: ...comfort to his grieving family. My thoughts are with them. The circumstances must be fully investigated. As the Deputy will be aware, the fatal shooting is the subject of an investigation by GSOC, which is the independent statutory body established with full investigation powers. The Deputy will appreciate that I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation. However, I am advised by...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (16 Feb 2023)
Simon Harris: I am very conscious that there is a grieving family in all of this. It is important that this matter is fully investigated by GSOC. I cannot comment on the ongoing investigation. It is important to note that this House decided that GSOC must be independent in the exercise of its function. I am advised, and I can only relay to the Deputy the latest information that I have, that the report...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (16 Feb 2023)
Paul Murphy: ...about producing a report in two years? I just do not understand how it takes that long to speak to witnesses and investigate what happened, etc. There clearly is some sort of problem. GSOC is clearly not fit for purpose. I think what we need here, as in the cases of Shane O'Farrell and Terence Wheelock, is a full and independent inquiry. It is obvious that there is a very significant...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (16 Feb 2023)
Paul Donnelly: This incident happened in my constituency, not too far from my home, and I have asked consistently about the GSOC investigation. To be honest, I listened to the reply and it is pretty much identical to what we heard before Christmas, the Christmas before that and in the summer. It is pretty much identical to the previous statements. If an investigation was being carried out by An Garda...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (16 Feb 2023)
Simon Harris: ...only relay the answer as truthfully as I have been given it, which is that there is now a draft report that is out for internal and external peer review and legal review. I have been assured by GSOC that it is not a matter of resourcing. If it was, I would ensure that resources were not the issue. In relation to the overall issues and different Deputies' views on oversight and...