Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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The proposed legislation includes a complicated system of appointment and removal of persons from their positions whereby, depending on their rank, a person can be removed by and are answerable to one or even two of three bodies - the Government, the authority or the Commissioner. Further confusion arises where one body appoints and another has the power to remove, for example, in the case of an assistant Commissioner, chief superintendents and superintendents. How can An Garda Síochána be expected to function as a cohesive and disciplined body if there is this so much confusion about appointments? The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties recommend that the authority be responsible for the appointment of senior management, including the Commissioner. I note that in her presentation at a policing conference at Farmleigh, Dr. Vicky Conway-----