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Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I agree with Deputy Durkan that he is confused and I will help him if I can.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: When the Garda Síochána investigates a crime, it sends a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions. The file consists of a number of items. It consists of an analysis and statements——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Deputy Rabbitte is just flailing around, making allegations.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Yesterday, he conjured up an attempt by me to have the Garda Commissioner dismissed. On another occasion, he came into the House and spoke about a letter that would shake the foundations of this State. The extent of Deputy Rabbitte's imagination is unbounded and his neck is equally hard.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I repeat for the Deputies' information that when a Garda file is sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: ——the file consists of two items: an analysis and statements of evidence on which the analysis is based.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Carty report which was considered by the Director of Public Prosecutions——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: No, I will not.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am trying to give Deputy Rabbitte some information. I do not need any more information from him.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have all the information that Deputy Rabbitte needs.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: There is no such thing as a point of information. Deputy Rabbitte cannot take it. He can give it but he cannot take it. That is his problem.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Is the Leas-Cheann Comhairle maintaining order or will two people be allowed to speak at once?

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: That is right.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: It has been at all stages clear that Deputy O'Donoghue made it clear to this House that he had never seen the——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: The record seems to suggest——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 13: In page 10, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: "'1989 Regulations' means the Garda Síochána (Discipline) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 94 of 1989);". This amendment merely defines what is meant by the 1989 regulations where that phrase is used throughout the Bill.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 14: In page 10, to delete lines 27 to 30.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 15: In page 10, line 31, to delete "volunteer" and substitute "reserve".

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 17: In page 10, line 32, to delete "volunteer" and substitute "reserve".

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: There are many matters covered by regulation in this Bill, some of them matters of minute regulation of a disciplined force. Others are of a broader nature. The Bill differentiates in various sections between regulations which must be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and ones which do not have to be. That is how the Garda Síochána has always been run. Some regulations must be laid...