Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

I move amendment No. 19:

In page 13, line 40, to delete "may" and substitute "shall".

This is an attempt to strengthen the mandatory aspect of the Bill. The Bill states "where the member does not have such an apparatus with him or her, to remain at that place in his or her presence or in the presence of another member of the Garda Síochána until such an apparatus becomes available to him or her ... the member may then require the person to provide, by exhaling...". Why does the Minister not use the word "shall"? It is the same point as-----

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