Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have no fault to find with the Minister and I take her at her word when she says that there will be an awareness campaign but I also believe that it should be in legislation. It should be in the legislation that there is a requirement that the public will be consulted in this regard. I rapidly went through the Bill and I did not stop deliberately before section (d), or anything like that, but yes section (d) does say that there should be consultation and that it will be allowed on the Garda Síochána website. But, then again, that implies a certain amount of knowledge because one has to know in order to go to the Garda Síochána website to actually get the information in this regard. People may have an interest in this, and they will be looking at the Garda Síochána website but there are also people who may not. I do not believe there is any harm in having a public consultation in respect of legislation. It is no big secret what we are doing here, there is no problem with it, and we should be making people aware and let people know that stuff is happening so that they can inform themselves. This would lead to the wider distribution of knowledge in regard to the actual legislation also as to what is included in it. I do not believe it would be any problem at all.

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