Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment. No. 18:

In page 22, line 37, after "ex parte" to insert "and otherwise than in public".

Amendments Nos. 19 and 23, proposed by Deputy Rabbitte, are alternatives to amendments Nos. 18 and 22. These are in response to matters raised by Deputy Rabbitte during the debate on Committee Stage, which I agreed to ask the Parliamentary Counsel to examine. Amendments are now being brought forward to sections 12 and 16 that clarify that applications for account information orders or account monitoring orders may be brought ex parte and otherwise than in public. I thank Deputy Rabbitte for drawing this matter to my attention.

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