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

I move amendment No. 60:

In page 232, lines 12 to 15, to delete all words from and including “and,” in line 12, down to and including “otherwise” in line 15.

These proposed amendments amend the interpretation of "member of garda staff" in amendments being made to other Acts of the Oireachtas. The purpose of these technical amendments is to ensure consistency between, on the one hand, the meaning of "member of garda staff" in section 2 and the cross-references to that term in amendments to other enactments contained in Part 10. The meaning assigned to "member of garda staff" is persons appointed by the Commissioner as Garda staff following the coming into operation of the Bill and current civilian staff following their designation as Garda staff by order of the Minister for Justice.

As Deputies will be aware, there is a statutory obligation to engage with Garda staff trade unions as associations prior to the making of any such order. The construction provisions applied to the term ensure that before making the order, "member of garda staff" is understood to include the current civilian staff.

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