Noel O'Flynn (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)

Seanad amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad amendment No. 1:

Section 5: In page 4, to delete lines 14 to 17 and substitute the following:

""holding area officer" means—

(a) a governor, or a member of the Garda Síochána, in whose temporary custody a person is placed under section 6,

(b) a person who assumes the duties of a holding area officer under section 11(6),

(c) a member in charge who assumes the powers and functions of a holding area officer under paragraph (a) of section 11(7), or

(d) a member of the Garda Síochána to whom the powers and functions referred to in paragraph (c) are transferred under paragraph (b) of section 11(7);".

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