Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

I move amendment No. 124:

In page 54, line 40, after "station" to insert the following:

"or at any other place approved for the purpose by a superintendent of the Garda Síochána".

These amendments arise out of a discussion on Committee Stage in which there was a general consensus that there should not be an obligation simply to surrender weapons at a Garda station. Likewise the notion that an individual can walk into a station, claim he is "John Smith" and hand it over the counter would not be an acceptable situation. The three amendments are designed to deal with those scenarios which were the subject of universal agreement that there was room for improvement in the original drafting.

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