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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 83:In page 18, line 24, to delete “Minister” and substitute “Ombudsman Commission”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 84:In page 18, line 33, to delete “Minister” and substitute “Ombudsman Commission”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 85:In page 18, line 36, to delete “Minister” and substitute “Ombudsman Commission”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 86:In page 19, line 2, to delete “Minister” and substitute “Ombudsman Commission”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 87:In page 19, line 5, to delete “Minister” and substitute “Ombudsman Commission”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 89:In page 19, line 12, to delete “Minister” and substitute “Authority”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 90:In page 19, to delete lines 15 to 17 and substitute the following:“ “(b) the priorities determined by the Authority under section 20 relating to policing services and any priorities that may be determined by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission under section 20A relating to security services;”,”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 91:In page 19, to delete lines 21 and 22 and substitute the following:“(iv) substitute the following for paragraph (a);“(a) the policing principles.”,”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 92:In page 19, to delete lines 23 to 29 and substitute the following:“(d) in subsection (4), by—(i) the substitution of “The Authority shall, following consultation with the Minister, approve” for “The Minister shall approve”, and (ii) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):“(b) with such amendments...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 95:In page 20, to delete lines 7 to 11 and substitute the following:“(b) in subsection (2), substitute the following for paragraph (e):“(e) the policing principles.”,”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 96:In page 20, to delete lines 13 to 19 and substitute the following:“(d) in subsection (5)—(i) by the substitution of “The Authority shall, following consultation with the Minister, approve” for “The Minister shall approve”, and (ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):“(b) with such...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: The amendment concerns the requirement for the Garda Commissioner to have regard to Government policy in performing his or her functions. As mentioned in regard to earlier amendments, despite the recommendations of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, the removal of all references to the requirement for the Commissioner to have regard to Government policy is necessary in order to...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 100:In page 21, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:“23. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) by the substitution of the following section for section (1):“(1) The Authority may issue to the Garda Commissioner written directives concerning any policing matter, and following consultation with the Authority, the Garda...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 101:In page 21, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following:“(ii) by the removal of paragraph (c), and”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 102:In page 23, to delete lines 8 to 12 and substitute the following:“ “(1) The Authority shall issue to local authorities and the Garda Commissioner guidelines concerning the establishment and maintenance of joint policing committees by local authorities and the Garda Commissioner.”,”. Under the proposed legislation the authority will issue...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: One of the main functions and principles of the policing authorities that have been established around the world is to engage the citizenry a great deal more in policing matters. My amendments attempt to do that and at the same time, obviously, to try to lessen the powers of politicians, national or local, over policing. That is the thinking behind the amendments and I will press them.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 103:In page 23, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“(ii) substitute the following for paragraph (c):“(c) the election by the committee of a chairperson from among the members of the committee,”.”.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I wish to share time with Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan. Even though we are talking specifically about the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, the responsibility for which is moving back to the city council, this Bill is about development, which includes housing, and there are probably more plans to put more of the high-end business element in the area than housing. It is interesting...

European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: I would like to share time with Deputies Paul Murphy, Richard Boyd Barrett, Shane Ross and Clare Daly.

European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Oct 2015)

Mick Wallace: When the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy, and his colleagues are in Europe, they might remind the various European leaders that things are getting worse rather than better. I have seldom seen as little opposition in Europe to the militarisation of the Middle East and beyond. All of them seem almost to have bought into the philosophy that this is the way things are done now. France...