Mr. Justin Kelly:

I am not aware of where this proposal came from first. It will be seen that a superior officer is referred to in the section concerned with a preservation order. This is a member of An Garda Síochána not below officer rank, which would be superintendent or chief superintendent. Therefore, there are two separate elements here. Inspectors are referred to in some sections and then are references to superior officers in other sections. As I said, from our perspective, regarding the mechanics of how this will work, it will probably be centralised and we will probably have specialised inspectors whose role it will be solely to act in these situations.