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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)
Catherine Murphy: ...reply goes into some detail. I was a member of the Committee of Public Accounts when it had a lot of debate about Templemore. The correspondence states that the matter was originally referred to GSOC by the then Garda Commissioner, Nóirín O'Sullivan, in June 2017. That is a six-year time lag. It is incredibly frustrating that it has taken so long for GSOC to conclude the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)
Brian Stanley: I suggest that we write to GSOC. We obviously cannot interfere in the investigation and the outcome. We could express our concern about the length of time it is taking and ask what factors have caused this delay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)
Brian Stanley: These officers were with GSOC.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)
Catherine Murphy: This would not be the only thing with GSOC and I would like to know how it works. I remember a very long letter from Mary Ellen Ring that spoke about resources not being adequate. We cannot have these organisations there in theory; they must be there in practice. A period of six years tells us something about the practice. I also have concerns about what we are being told in that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)
Catherine Murphy: ...as provided for under the special assistance provisions of section 74 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, these officers were removed from the direction and control of Garda leadership, seconded to GSOC and placed under the direct authority of the GSOC senior investigator on this case. Was this for six years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is the property, Aasleagh Lodge. I thank the Deputy. No. R2131 B is correspondence from Mr. Hugh Hume, the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, dated 4 September 2023. It provides an update on a GSOC investigation into alleged financial irregularities associated with the Garda Síochána College in Templemore. I propose we note and publish...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)
Catherine Murphy: ...to the issue that has gone to the DPP, can we have sight of that report? I think this will be another one of these tests where we see how this travels in terms of the DPP but also with regard to how GSOC works because it will not be the last case that goes there via the Committee of Public Accounts from a hearing. I am not happy. Can we ask about that? Has that report been prepared?...