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

Apologies have been received from Deputy Ward and Deputy Ó Snodaigh will substitute for him. Today, we will consider Committee Stage of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023. There is quite a lot in this Bill and we will be here for a while.

I welcome the Minister for Justice and his team. Some members are attending online and that is very much in order. I wish to note that if there is a division, all members will be required to be physically present in this committee room and I think that people are used to that at this stage.