Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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It is fairly self-evident what I did. My amendments deal with seven separate issues.

The Government is severely undermining the independence of the policing authority with the powers it is retaining. Our amendments aim to give the authority the independence it needs. If these are rejected, then the Opposition could not stand over the claim that there is an independent policing authority. It is regrettable to say that because I want this authority to work. If these amendments are rejected by the Minister, then there is a big problem.