Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This for the Department. It is difficult to make too much comment because there seems to be wide discretion as to how it will be operated and wide circumstances in which it will be used. I have three questions. I apologise if this has been dealt with as I was in the Chamber. When does the Department anticipate that the code of practice will be available? On the recording of the devices on Garda body cams, will an independent record be kept of the time the recording commenced and when it stopped? Following on from some of the comments made by the Policing Authority about the access to the footage, does the Department anticipate that a person who has had an altercation or interaction with An Garda Síochána will be allowed to have access to the recording immediately or prior to a court charge? In the normal course of events an application will be made to the judge and the judge will allow access to the information. Will a citizen or accused person or someone who has even had an interaction have an entitlement to view the footage before they are charged with an offence?