Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 67:

In page 85, to delete lines 23 to 48 and in page 86, to delete lines 1 to 7 and substitute the following:

90.—Section 51 (international service) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 is amended-—

(a) in subsection (2)(a), by the deletion of "State, or" and the substitution of "State,", and

(b) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (b) and (c):

"(b) as members of a joint investigation team within the meaning of the Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Act 2004, as amended by section 95 of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008,

(c) in connection with the making of a controlled delivery outside the State pursuant to a request under section 88 of the said Act of 2008, or

(d) on secondment to an international organisation with the consent of the Minister.".".

This is a technical amendment. The Garda Síochána Act 1989 has been repealed in its entirety by the Garda Síochána Act 2005. The current section 90 refers to the provisions of the 1989 Act which relate to the despatch of contingents of the Garda Síochána for service outside the State. The provisions pertaining to external service are now contained in the 2005 Act. This oversight in the Bill is addressed by the amendment.

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