Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

I did not realise the three amendments were being discussed together. Let us consider amendment No. 35. It reads:

In page 12, line 44, after "Síochána" to insert the following:

"(which the Director of Public Prosecutions is hereby empowered to do)".

In this legislation the section "precludes the Director of Public Prosecutions from, at any stage of the proceedings, assuming the conduct of a prosecution instituted by a member of the Garda Síochána". This amendment positively confirms that the DPP is empowered.

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