Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

The formula used was that the words proposed to be deleted stand. The question was declared carried and the amendment declared lost. Therefore, the words my amendment proposes to insert are still contained in the Bill. They would not be there if Deputy Ó Snodaigh's amendment was agreed. We are making law and the issue my amendment deals with is a fundamental one rather than a technical one. If we are introducing provisions to keep people in custody for rolling periods of 12 hours, which I support, I want the safeguard that they can only be detained in Garda stations where video equipment is operable. My amendment No. 41 proposes that evidence that is not video-taped cannot be admissible.

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