Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 42:

In page 142, to delete lines 14 to 24 and substitute the following: “Transitional provisions relating to Garda Síochána Inspectorate

165. (1) Where, before the establishment day of the Authority, the Garda Síochána Inspectorate has commenced any action under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and all matters relating to the action have not been completed before that day, the action shall be deemed to have been commenced, and may be completed—

(a) other than where paragraph (b) applies, by the Authority, and

(b) in the case of records transferred to the Minister under section 164(2), the Minister.

(2) Where, before the establishment day of the Authority, an application under section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 in relation to an act of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate has been made and all matters relating to the application have not been completed before that day, the application shall, notwithstanding section 161, be completed as if the Garda Síochána Inspectorate had not been dissolved.”

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