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TI Ireland calls for Government to ‘set the record straight’ on Garda whistleblowers

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Sgt McCabe should not continue to be penalised for telling the truth 

Dublin, 25 March 2014
 
Transparency International Ireland (TI Ireland) has welcomed Commissioner Martin Callinan’s decision to resign today after he refused to withdraw remarks describing the actions of two Garda whistleblowers as ‘disgusting’. However, the anti-corruption organisation has now called on Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter, to also correct statements he made in public about Sgt Maurice McCabe and retired Garda John Wilson.
 

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TI Ireland welcome PAC hearing on penalty points cancellations with Sergeant Maurice McCabe

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Dublin, 30 January 2014

Transparency International Ireland (TI Ireland) have welcomed the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing into penalty point cancellations with Garda Sergeant Maurice McCabe today. TI Ireland had written to the PAC earlier this week to urge them not to withdraw their invitation to Sgt McCabe to discuss documentary evidence he had shared with the Committee.

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TI IRELAND CALLS ON PAC TO HEAR ORAL EVIDENCE FROM GARDA WHISTLEBLOWER

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Dublin, 28 January 2014

Transparency International Ireland (TI Ireland) has written to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today asking that it continue hearing evidence on the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report into the cancellation of penalty points by senior members of the Gardaí in 2011 and 2012. The PAC is meeting this afternoon to decide on whether it should invite Garda Sergeant Maurice McCabe to give oral evidence to help it examine the potential loss of millions of euros from management in the Garda penalty point records.

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TI Ireland calls on Garda Commissioner to withdraw threat against whistleblower

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Gardaí are legally entitled to discuss evidence of irregularities with members of the Oireachtas
Dublin, 23 January 2014
 
Transparency International Ireland (TI Ireland) has called on Garda (Irish Police) Commissioner Martin Callinan to withdraw a threat he made of disciplinary action against a serving Garda member in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today. The Garda Commissioner was giving evidence to the PAC into irregularities in the management of the Garda Fixed Charge Notice (FCN) system that records penalty points against motorists.

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Review of Garda whistleblower procedures needed after penalty point controversy

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  • Read our latest statement from 21 March 2014 on the Garda Commissioner's comments and the Data Protection Commission
  • Read our statement from 23 January 2014 calling for the Garda Commissioner to withdraw his threat of disciplinary action against Garda whistleblowers

Dublin, 15 May 2013

Transparency International Ireland (TI Ireland) has called on An Garda Síochána Inspectorate to undertake a review of internal whistleblower procedures after a report was published by the Garda into alleged abuse of Fixed Charge Notice records by members of the service today.

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