Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

I move amendmentNo. 128:

In page 40, line 8, after "review" to insert the following:

"and advise the Garda Commissioner, the Minister and both Houses of the Oireachtas on".

This amendment aims to ensure that the function of the board is to advise the Garda Commissioner even though he or she would be a member of the board. At the end of the day, the Commissioner will be making decisions by himself or herself. It aims to ensure that the function of the board is also to advise the Minister and that part of its job is to advise both Houses of the Oireachtas. I am not being prescriptive in respect of how and when this advice must come to the Houses, but this should be one of the board's functions.

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