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Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: That is to twist what we said. We have clearly stated our position.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: They are not the powers envisaged in the Bill.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: It does not represent what we said in any way. However, the Minister may put his own spin on the issue.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: And we continue to do so.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: The Minister stated that the gardaí will still be in place. Are they coming or going?

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: The Minister has just told us the gardaí will still be in place. It means that 500 gardaí will not be released.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: There is a lack of clarity in regard to training, the powers of security officers under the section and every other aspect of the section. It is flawed. The Minister of State should reconsider the section and return with plans for a clear, decisive role for security officers rather than what is in the Bill.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: What of the recent security problems at Shannon Airport?

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: That is not true. Gardaí were called when they were needed.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: This section dealing with security officers worries me. It proposes that by giving a uniform and a badge to somebody that person will have the powers of a garda. I am totally opposed to that. When some people get a uniform and a badge they lose their heads. This section gives them the powers of the gardaí including "to seize, in exercising powers under this section, any weapon other than one...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: What about the Courts Service?

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: I would like to contribute again, since I feel so strongly on this issue. Who will vet these "security officers"? Contractors will come in and act as such. We have heard on many occasions about other jurisdictions where such people have worked in art galleries from which there have been thefts. It is all right speaking up when something of that sort happens, but I would not like to be the one...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: I am reading of seizing weapons.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: They are not misguided. The response is misguided. We will find that out if this happens.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: It will come to nothing the same as the rest of them.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: How will they be vetted? What training will be undertaken? Those are the questions we have asked.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: I read it.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: What about the powers listed in the section? They include the power to seize weapons.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: What about subsection (4)(f)?

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 117: In page 63, lines 20 to 26, to delete subsection (4). This amendment is about presentation but it concerns a very important matter. The power of the ombudsman commission to initiate an investigation of its own volition has been crucial. This power is one of the cornerstones of an independent investigative body such as that proposed. Such is its importance that it...