Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I appreciate the Minister's comments. Amendment No. 9 seeks to clarify whether the Director of Public Prosecutions is entitled to prohibit members of the Garda Síochána from instituting certain types of proceedings at all or without specific reference from the director. Amendment No. 10 provides that proceedings shall not be invalid where the section has been ignored. It would be wrong for proceedings to go ahead until the Director of Public Prosecutions gave a specific direction.