Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

Section 10 of the 1924 Act states members of the Garda Síochana are not to resign without permission while section 11 deals with the duty of members of the Garda Síochana on resignation or dismissal. Section 14 of the Police Forces Amalgamation Act 1925 states:

The Minister may from time to time subject to the approval of the Executive Council, make regulations in relation to all or any of the matters following, that is to say:–

(a)the admission, appointment, and enrolment of members of the amalgamated force;

(b)the promotion, retirement, degradation, dismissal, and punishment of members of the amalgamated force;

(c)the duties of the several ranks of the amalgamated force;

(d)the maintenance, training, discipline, and efficiency of the amalgamated force;

(e)the formation of representative bodies of members of the amalgamated force;

(f)any other matter or thing relating to the internal management of the amalgamated force.

does not apply to a person appointed under section 3 of the Bill. The 1925 Act relates to the Garda Síochána, so it obviously does not apply here. Some of the regulations I have listed will apply because they are relevant. The Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 1941 and the Garda Síochána (Compensation) (Amendment) Act 1945 will obviously not apply.

Question put and agreed to.

Section 4 agreed to.

SECTION 5.

Question proposed: "That section 5 stand part of the Bill."