Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Many of the amendments made in the Seanad go in the direction of earlier amendments approved or proposed during Dáil discussions. I hope, therefore, they can be readily acceptable here this evening. They include, in particular, the introduction of a consultative case stated procedure, the extension of the mandatory retirement age and further amendments in respect of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC.

Amendment No. 1 is the most substantial amendment in this grouping. It amends section 11 of the principal Act to replace 70 years of age with 72 as the mandatory age of retirement for a coroner. It also makes a corresponding change from 70 to 72 years in the provision for a coroner to give three months' notice to the Minister before he or she attains the mandatory retirement age.

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