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CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT ChANGE mANAGEmENT The Garda Representative Association have been calling for the establishment of an independent Garda Authority since 1978 and most recently at our Annual Delegate Conference of 2013. The objective of this policy was to seek to remove political interference from the day to day running of An Garda Síochána. On 30 December 2015 Minister Frances Fitzgerald announced that Government had designated the members of the proposed new Policing Authority pursuant to an open selection process run by the Public Services Appointments Commission. The independent Policing Authority was formally established on the 1st January 2016. mEmbERShIP Of INDEPENDENT POlICING AuThORITy • Josephine Feehily is former chairperson of the Revenue Commissioners; • Noel Brett is the CEO of Banking and Payments Federation Ireland and former CEO of the Road Safety Authority; • Bob Collins is a former Chief Commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and former Director General of RTE; • Vicky Conway is a lecturer in Law, Dublin City University and former senior Lecturer in Law, Kent Law School; • Patrick Costello is the CEO of Chartered Accountants Ireland, former CEO of the Irish Tax Institute and former officer in the Defence Forces; • Judith Gillespie is a Policing and Leadership Adviser and former Deputy Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland; • Valerie Judge is a Management Consultant specialising in strategic planning, governance, HR, process leadership and change, the Chair of Ruhama, and a former Director of Shared Services in the HSE Eastern Region; • Maureen Lynott is the former Chair of the Top Level Advisory Committee (TLAC) and the taskforce to establish the Child & Family Agency; • Moling Ryan is a Barrister and the former Chief Executive of the Legal Aid Board and Director of Human Resources and Change Management in the Courts Service. fuNCTION Of NEw POlICING AuThORITy The new Policing Authority will be tasked with holding the Garda Commissioner to account in relation to all policing services while developing a key role in the future appointment of senior Garda Management. As national security is a vital function of Government, it is proposed that under the new oversight arrangements the Garda Commissioner will report to the Policing Authority in respect of policing matters and to the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to security matters. The Authority shall approve a three year strategy statement and annual policing plan submitted by the Garda Commissioner. The Authority will establish and publish within twelve months a Code of Ethics that include standard of conduct and practice for members of An Garda Síochána. Prior to the establishment of such Code the Authority must consult with Staff Associations and other interested Bodies such as the Ministers for Justice and Equality, Public Expenditure and Reform, the Garda Commissioner, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and other persons or Bodies appearing to the Authority to have an interest in this matter. The Authority will be accountable to the Public Accounts Committee and to other Committees of the Oireachtas. The first public meeting between the Authority and the Garda Commissioner is scheduled to take place on the 25th April 2016 with at least a further three such public meetings scheduled for the current year. The Association will await with interest the outcome of such meetings. 8 Garda Representative Association
Section 3: Sub-committee Reports DIVISIONAl bOuNDARIES The Change Management Sub Committee were tasked with examining the following motion passed at the Annual Delegate Conference 2014 “That Conference calls on Garda Management to review and revise current Divisional and District boundaries so as to reflect population, location of Garda Station and policing needs”. The Sub Committee sought submissions from the Central Executive Committee. In the years 2006/2007 there was major restructuring of Divisional boundaries resultant from a review of the said boundaries by Garda Management. The object of this exercise was to bring all areas within a particular county into a specific Division thereby facilitating attendance by local Management at a forum such as joint policing committees. Garda Divisions would mirror Local Authority areas, Court areas and so forth. This accrued in the splitting of a number of Divisions specifically Louth/Meath, Wexford, Longford/Westmeath, Carlow Kildare and Waterford/Kilkenny. A number of new Divisions were also created – Louth/Meath, Westmeath, Kildare and Waterford. This restructuring resulted in some communities on the periphery of towns and villages now being policed by a Station from within the county in which they lived rather than a more proximate Station in a neighbouring county. This restructuring in certain circumstances, we believe, had a negative effect on the level of policing provided to the local communities in the hinterlands of towns and villages so affected. Heretofore the “local” Garda Station is not now in fact their Station and they are required to travel long distances to another Station within the county boundary. These residents undertake all other activities such as their shopping, school attendance, church, post office and socialise in their local town but are now required to travel distances to avail of their policing service. This sometimes results in their communities being patrolled less frequently as they are on the outer reaches of their new sub districts. The latter scenario also entails Garda members in attending to calls in those areas having to travel long distances and on occasions passing the Garda Station in the neighbouring county on route and also at times leaving their own urban areas bereft of any Garda presence. The Sub Committee have reported to the Officer Board of the Garda Representative Association with recommendation that this matter be raised with the Garda Commissioner with a view to further reviewing the boundaries at issue. EuROPEAN uNION VICTImS Of CRImE DIRECTIVE EU Directive 2012/29/EU establishes minimum standards on the rights, support and minimum standards on their rights, support and protection of victims of crime. Article 25.1 contains a requirement that appropriate training be provided to police officers among others as follows: Member States shall ensure that officials likely to come into contact with victims, such as police officers and court staff, receive both general and specialist training to a level appropriate to their contact with victims to increase their awareness of the needs of victims and to enable them to deal with victims in an impartial, respectful and professional manner. The Central Executive Committee requested the Change Management Sub Committee to examine the contents of the Directive to identify articles relevant to our members and to make recommendations on training needs. The Sub Committee having reviewed the Directive made the recommendations and forwarded same to the Training Sub Committee. The Sub Committee examined a number of boundaries which they perceived to be incongruous. 38th Annual Delegate Conference
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