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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I intend to introduce an amendment to section 20 of the principal Act on Report Stage with the intention of permitting a designating officer of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, to act in circumstances where the Garda cannot to assist a coroner and to amend the current provision for an inspector of the Garda to request a coroner from an adjoining district to hold an...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I flag amendments on Report Stage. They are proposals in respect of authorising a designated officer of GSOC to provide support to the coroner in procedures for identification of the body of the deceased.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...to facilitate the serving of a summons on behalf of the coroner requiring the attendance of a person at an inquest as a juror or witness in the case of a death that is under investigation by the GSOC, for example.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...reference to requests of adjournment of the coroner's inquest made by various statutory bodies other than An Garda Síochána, which might be charged with the investigation of deaths and including GSOC.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Similarly, under section 20 there will be an amendment to provide that a designated officer of GSOC - within the meaning of part 4 of An Garda Síochána Act 2005 - may assist the coroner in summoning a jury to an inquest where the particular circumstances of the case require such assistance.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I intend to bring forward an amendment that will propose to permit the involvement of a designated officer of GSOC in assisting the coroner's exercise of power under the section, in cases that fall under a GSOC investigation with particular reference to this section. It will provide for a new power for the coroner to enter premises by consent or under a warrant of the District Court, to take...