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

What is the Deputy proposing in that regard, separate to what is contained in this amendment? The amendment requires a report to be placed before the Dáil within six months of the passing of the Act. The Garda has said that what is in place is strong enough. We cannot prevent people from changing their names when they have served their time because that is what applies in other types of criminal offence. The only thing we can do is to ensure it is a criminal offence for the Garda not to be notified. The penalty is obviously a severe one if somebody breaches that order. I am not sure what we can do when the Garda is saying that what it has is strong enough, save banning people from changing their names, which is not something we can legally do.