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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Defence And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_defence_and_equality/2015-01-28/6/
28 Jan 2015 - Deputy Jonathan O'Brien With regard to amendment No. 15 tabled by Deputy Mac Lochlainn, the committee...I understand that was in its report, which said that the access to Garda systems is of integral importance...to the operation of effective oversight of An Garda Síochána....It said that while in practice this process is already in operation between the Garda Síochána, GSOC...and the Garda Inspectorate, it is only by means of protocols which have been put in place.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-01-22/14/
22 Jan 2015 - Síochána Inspectorate....aspects of the operation and administration of An Garda Síochána....This development is a measure of the Government's commitment to the Garda Síochána....A number of Deputies also referred to providing the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission with access to...to provide information to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-02-04/32/
4 Feb 2015 - A large percentage of cases are being referred back to An Garda Síochána or are being dealt with by gardaí...Síochána....That is why this Bill is so important. We need a fresh start....I figure we will have to come back again sometime soon to put in place another Garda Síochána (amendment...) Bill and to arrange for further powers to be given to the Garda ombudsman.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-11-27/36/
27 Nov 2014 - Síochána....I welcome the provisions contained in the Garda Síochána Amendment (No. 3) Bill 2014 and note it is part...The Bill is silent on some of the identified necessary reforms such as taking the Garda Síochána completely...Síochána....In that context, I welcome section 4 of the Bill which amends section 84 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-10-03/2/
3 Oct 2014 - Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014 introduced by Deputy Niall Collins....The Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014 was recently initiated and is expected to be debated...Its main purpose is to amend the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to expand the remit and powers of the Garda...The Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill is concerned with a number of areas and a significant measure...The new Act inserted a section into the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to allow members of An Garda Síochána
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-10-21/27/
21 Oct 2014 - of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission....Fianna Fáil proposed the Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014, which was discussed in this House less...The Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014 introduces a number of welcome reforms....I welcome the provision in this Bill to empower and enable the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC...The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission also needs this Bill, which will give it more investigative powers
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-10-21/27/
21 Oct 2014 - Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014....The Bill seeks to expand the powers of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC....Síochána is an important issue and the measure is an important legislative measure....Síochána, the Bar Council, members of the public and journalists....An Garda Síochána has been the police force in Ireland since the foundation of the State.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-02-11/7/
11 Feb 2015 - When the Garda Síochána Bill was enacted in 2005, my party colleagues in the House said it did not go...far enough and that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission did not have the powers to carry out its...I shall seek to submit amendments on this matter as the Bill passes through the House, as I feel it is...Síochána, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Probation...I accept that the former RUC is not, in crucial aspects, comparable with An Garda Síochána.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-01-22/14/
22 Jan 2015 - Deputy John Halligan The description last year by a Minister of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission...Síochána, without oversight by GSOC....In their view there is nothing wrong within the Garda Síochána....I may be naive but I thought the purpose of this Bill was to cease the practice of An Garda Síochána...We are, in this Bill, again plámásing the Garda Commissioner and members of An Garda Síochána.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-11-27/36/
27 Nov 2014 - Síochána remains rigidly in place....The Bill inserts a new section after section 102A of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to provide that GSOC...Síochána or where the identity of the relevant garda is not immediately apparent...., policies and procedures of An Garda Síochána....The Garda Commissioner and the Garda Síochána will be answerable to the Government.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-02-26/7/
26 Feb 2015 - Senator David Cullinane I move amendment No. 8: In page 5, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the...This issue has been discussed on Second and Committee Stages and the amendment recommends that access...integral importance to the operation of effective oversight of An Garda Síochána....While in practice, this process is already in operation between An Garda Síochána, GSO[C] and the Garda...Again, I argue this strengthens the Bill and seeks to achieve greater oversight and accountability in
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-02-04/32/
4 Feb 2015 - Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 14 and 15, to insert...the following: “Amendment of section 65(1) of Principal Act 2....Equality to move from having a three-person Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission with a chairperson to...having a single Garda Ombudsman, as is the case in the North of Ireland, for example....I see no reason for the Government not to support the amendment.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-11-27/36/
27 Nov 2014 - concern in the public domain about An Garda Síochána....of the justice system and An Garda Síochána....The Bill deals specifically with bolstering the powers of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC...Section 4 of the Bill is an important amendment to the Act....Síochána.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-02-19/24/
19 Feb 2014 - Deputy Niall Collins I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the...Garda Síochána Act 2005 in order to make the Garda Commissioner responsible to the Garda Ombudsman Commission...the Garda Síochána made by another member of An Garda Síochána, to remove the requirement of consent...and the quite apparent divergences between the Garda Síochána and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission...The Bill seeks to close the gap which exists between An Garda Síochána and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-02-05/18/
5 Feb 2015 - and the Garda Síochána....Under the forthcoming Garda Síochána (policing authority and miscellaneous provisions) Bill, the Minister...Under the heads of the Garda Síochána (policing authority and miscellaneous provisions) Bill, the Minister...If the Minister is really talking about transforming the Garda Síochána into a modern police service,...We will have to table a considerable number of amendments to the Garda Síochána (policing authority and
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-02-04/32/
4 Feb 2015 - difficulties emerge in the interaction between the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and the Garda...Síochána....management, namely, the Commissioner, the Minister would side with the Garda Síochána to the detriment...of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission....When we speak of the interaction of GSOC and the Garda Síochána in the period in which complaints are
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-06-12/19/
12 Jun 2014 - Public Sector Management (Appointment of Senior Members of the Garda Síochána) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-02-11/7/
11 Feb 2015 - Síochána....Síochána (Amendment) (No.3) Bill....Síochána, including the Garda Commissioner, should be made accountable to GSOC....Síochána....Síochána.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-02-04/32/
4 Feb 2015 - Síochána is not subject to the direction or control of the Garda Commissioner....and-or administration of the Garda Síochána....There were real problems with the timeframe between GSOC and the Garda Síochána....Both the Garda Síochána and GSOC have a job to do....Síochána.
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Defence And Equality
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_defence_and_equality/2015-01-28/6/
28 Jan 2015 - Síochána and GSOC....Additionally, section 9 of the Bill contains a provision that will underpin any requirement on the Garda...That section inserts a new section 103A into the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and places a statutory obligation...on the Garda Commissioner to provide GSOC, as soon as practicable, with information that GSOC requires...I ask the Deputy to withdraw the amendment.
