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

The amendments in this grouping all follow on from previous amendments made to the Bill arising in this House arising from proposals made by Deputies on the issue of the prominence of the Irish language in the names of the newly established bodies. Those Report Stage amendments provided for Irish language names for the various policing bodies in line with the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021. At the time, I did not include the reformed Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, with the amendments to the other bodies as I indicated that I wanted to give further consideration to its name more generally. As it will be a very public-facing body in the police oversight system, its name will be important. The office will have the attributes of an ombudsman but this does not fully capture the full scope of the policing oversight role involved, which will also involve live criminal investigations. I, therefore, tabled amendments to change the name of the new office from the Office of the Police Ombudsman to its Irish language equivalent - Oifig an Ombudsman Póilíneachta - but also to add to the name "Fiosrú" meaning "inquiry" to the official title. Its name now reads Fiosrú - Oifig an Ombudsman Póilíneachta. This name will reflect the revised approach to the naming of public bodies in the Irish language while also reflecting the broader policing inquiry or investigation aspects of the reformed body's remit.

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