Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 6, line 4, after "means a" to insert "suitably competent".

The Bill states that an authorised officer means a person authorised under this Act to be an authorised officer for the purpose of the relevant statutory provisions. I propose that it read: "an authorised officer means a suitably competent person" authorised under this Act to be an authorised officer for the propose of the relevant statutory provisions. It is very important that only competent people are appointed as authorised officers. There should be some measure in the Bill to ensure a person is competent and that one cannot appoint authorised officers willy-nilly. Under the Bill authorised officers have quite a bit of power, so it is very important that a competent person is made an authorised officer rather than just anybody.