Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

These amendments do not change in any significant way the provisions of the section involved, but I am advised by the Office of the Attorney General that it is better to remain consistent with wording that has been tried and tested over time. Accordingly, these amendments present in a clearer and unambiguous manner the objectives of the section, which is to provide for the option of supplying a urine sample instead of having a doctor or nurse take a blood specimen at a hospital. This amendment also removes the provision in these sections relating to the carrying out of medical examinations for the purposes of obtaining evidence. However, the medical examinations provision is being provided for more appropriately under section 24 of the Bill.

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