Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

I move amendmentNo. 113:

In page 49, line 44, after "purpose" to insert the following:

", has secure storage for required material and equipment and is separate and distinct from living quarters".

On Committee Stage we had a not very informed discussion on this area of the Bill. I stated that I would table an amendment so that, as is the case with rifles and other weapons held under licence, there would be secure storage for required material and equipment regulated under this section, such as equipment which can be used to produce ammunition.

The Minister referred to sportsmen who need a specialised round with a particular weight or charge which they make themselves. If gunpowder or explosives are held in a house for this purpose, they should be separate to living quarters and held in some type of secure environment which is not accessible to children or others in the house. This is similar to the restrictions in place for guns and shotguns.

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