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- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: You do not have to do that; the choice is yours. What I might suggest, respectfully, is that you withdraw the amendment now and flag that you want to return to it on Report Stage. That allows you to re-enter it on Report stage, which is what I would do in your position, but it is obviously your call.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: As a general point to all present, we have several items to get through, so I might have to curtail remarks. I do not want to truncate democracy but I do want to get through this Bill today. I am conscious that staff are sitting late to facilitate that. We will try to move quickly through as many sections as we can. Amendments Nos. 45 to 49, inclusive, have already been discussed, so I...
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: Amendment No. 51 is in the name of Deputy Costello. Are you still will us, Deputy Costello? No.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: Amendment No. 53 has already been discussed.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: Amendment No. 55 is in the name of Deputy Costello. Is Deputy Costello online? No. He may be otherwise engaged.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 60 to 62, inclusive, and 104, are related and will be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: Which section is that?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: We will note that in regard to section 97.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 63 and 153 are related and may be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: Very good. That is amendment Nos. 30 to 32, inclusive, and as we know, No. 33 is out of order. How stands amendment No. 30?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: Before the Minister responds, I might seek clarity on something. Am I right in saying that this section effectively covers the scenario where somebody attempts to bribe a member of An Garda Síochána and makes that an offence? It seems to quite generally worded in terms of to commit breach in standards of professional behaviour. Is that what is being talked about here?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: Speak to the section and to the amendment also.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: There were amendments to section 107 from Deputies Daly and Ó Snodaigh but it was being indicated earlier that they would both be withdraw. As there is nobody here to move them, they would fall anyhow. This is to note that the Deputies had indicated at the outset in a block discussion that they were withdrawing them, so I do not think anyone is being done a disservice.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: How stands the amendment?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: Amendments Nos. 103, 119 to 121, inclusive, 123, 126 to 128 inclusive, and 143 are related and will be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: There is a bloc of amendments here. Amendments Nos. 105 to 117, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: Does the Minister want to respond to the amendments?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: The Minister has three amendments in this section, which have been discussed. We can now take a brief discussion on them, if the Minister wishes to speak to them.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: Very good. That is noted.
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (9 May 2023)
James Lawless: We are dealing with the Title.