Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

Yes, but if they were investigating an offence they could get a search warrant. They are at liberty to seek the assistance of the Garda Síochána or any other authority and there may be circumstances in which it would be wise to do that. Subsection (6) of head 16 explicitly provides that an authorised officer, "when exercising a power under this section, may be accompanied by other persons or those persons and may take with him or her, or those persons may take with them, any equipment or materials to assist the officer...". These are strong policing type powers. We believe they are needed and they will have to be exercised carefully.