Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 6:

In page 24, line 24, to delete “in particular individuals, who” and substitute “in particular individuals who”.

There are three amendments in this group. Amendment No. 6 is a technical amendment and serves to remove an unnecessary comma. Amendment No. 58 relates to section 78 and concerns a code of ethics for members of Garda personnel by the policing and community safety authority. The Garda Commissioner is required to ensure that all members have read and understand the code. Subsection 3(a) provides that in preparing a code of ethics, the authority is to have regard to the standards, practices and procedures applicable to the conduct of police officers and police staff in member states of the European Union. Obviously, the UK has left the European Union, so with regard to Brexit, it is proposed to amend this subsection of the Bill to bring the UK within its remit.

Finally, amendment No. 152 is a technical amendment to section 293 of the Bill.

Section 293 amends the Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 to update the definitions in section 2 of the Act. This amendment involves replacing the reference to section 9 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 relating to the functions of the Garda Commissioner in section 32 of the 2005 Act relating to the delegating of those functions. This again is to ensure there is a cross-reference in the Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 that is equivalent to the provisions in this Bill, which replaces the 2005 Act. It is a technical amendment.