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Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)

James Browne: .... As recognised by the commission's report, the arrangements for handling complaints and the investigation of allegations of wrongdoing on the part of members of An Garda Síochána are cumbersome and inefficient. This serves no one - neither complainants, members of An Garda Síochána nor GSOC. The Bill overhauls these arrangements to support timely, more transparent...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)

Carol Nolan: Ní bheidh mé ag tógáil an ama go léir. Tá áthas orm labhairt ar an mBille seo inniu. All of us will have received the assessment of the Bill's strengths and weaknesses from GSOC. I hope the analysis will inform the debate and the Government's approach to any amendments that may be made to this important Bill. GSOC has stated that its primary concern is...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...putting it. In particular, it welcomes provisions in the Bill that strengthen the independence and both expand and clarify the remit of the office of the police ombudsman. All of that is positive. However, GSOC has ongoing serious concerns. The Bill misses the opportunity to embed institutional independence in the new body, as envisaged in the report of the Commission on the Future of...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...executive functions, it will streamline the oversight bodies and maintain a function of oversight over the performance of gardaí. I hope it will work well. The replacement of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, with an ombudsman-deputy ombudsman model will be met with some hesitation by the public but ultimately may serve as a better model. I hope and believe...