James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Woods. She came in well under time, which helps progress the meeting. To respond briefly, Mr. McAnely from the Garda Representative Association had a query about the general scheme of the policing, security and community safety Bill. That is not really an item for today. However, on 18 August an email was sent to the GRA's general secretary, which I think is Mr. McAnely, inviting it to make a submission. I am not sure if he received that email but if he wishes to have a discussion about the procedures around that or any other Bill I am quite happy to talk to him about it offline. That might be a useful and helpful thing to do.

I will invite members in the order they have indicated. For the first round, members will be allowed seven minutes for questions and answers. If we have time after the first round we can do a second or even a third round. I call Senator Ruane, followed by Deputy Carroll MacNeill and Senator Ward.