Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

It has been the tradition in all Road Traffic Acts from 1961 onwards and in other Acts, such as the Criminal Justice Act, to refer to the Garda as "the Garda Síochána" in the English language version of the Acts and "An Garda Síochána" in the Irish language version of the Acts. This is standard practice in all our legislation. That is the difference of definition between the two.

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