Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This amendment relates to section 228, which deals generally with transitional complaints and investigations of GSOC when moving from the 2005 Act to the new regime under this Bill. My Department was informed there was a GSOC examination ongoing under section 106 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. That section allows GSOC to examine the practices, policies or procedures of An Garda Síochána in order to prevent complaints arising. The amendment inserts a new subsection (9), which will allow for that examination to continue to its conclusion under section 106 of the 2005 Act, notwithstanding the repeal of that Act by this Bill. The power to conduct investigations under section 106 will not be carried forward under the Bill as it does not align with the expanded remit of the reformed body or its place in the new policing oversight framework. It is considered such examinations are more suited to the new policing and community safety authority with its new inspection functions.

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