Sheila Terry (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 9:

In page 20, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following:

"(a) shall not be granted to a person who is a serving member of An Garda Síochána,

(b) shall not be granted to a person who is a serving member of the Permanent Defence Forces,".

On Second Stage, the Minister agreed with me that gardaí should not work in the security business in their spare time. Therefore, by inserting this provision we will strengthen the legislation. It is not good enough to state that other rules dictate that gardaí cannot take part in this type of work.

To use a phrase the Minister himself used, we are using a sledge hammer to crack a nut by using members of the Defence Forces in this context. These people are highly trained in combat and to have them working as door supervisors is inappropriate for many reasons. I ask the Minister to reconsider and accept this amendment.