Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

I move amendment No. 40:

In page 43, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:

"(3) A member of the Garda Síochána may arrest without warrant a person who in the member's opinion has committed an offence under subsection (2).".

I was trying in this amendment to strengthen the situation where a traffic warden is attempting to carry out his or her business by providing that a member of the Garda Síochána may arrest without warrant a person who in the member's opinion has committed an offence. I was thinking in particular of foreign drivers or drivers of foreign vehicles. A traffic warden might need to call on the Garda for backup. I ask if the Minister has considered this proposal since Committee Stage.

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