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

The amendments in this grouping provide for the deletion of section 165 in its entirety along with any other references to that section contained in the Bill. In short, section 165 provided for the transfer by ministerial order of staff of the current Garda Síochána Inspectorate to the new policing security and community safety authority. At the time of drafting, it was considered a necessary provision to allow for the transfer of Garda Síochána Inspectorate staff who had been appointed under section 119 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to the new body. However, on further examination, it was determined that the current staff were not actually appointed under section 119 of the 2005 Act and are, in fact, staff of the Department of Justice who have been transferred internally to the inspectorate. The section has, therefore, been deleted and any necessary transfer of such staff will be again dealt with internally by the Department and by the new policing and community safety authority.

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