Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 11, line 12, subsection (1)(b), after "property" to insert "and the human rights of individuals within the State".

The purpose of the amendment is to provide that it would be a function of the Garda Síochána to protect the human rights of individuals as well as life and property. Section 7(4) already provides for protection of human rights. For that reason it would seem appropriate to provide this function here. Much of the work of the Garda Síochána does not relate to protecting life and property but to other fundamental rights such as bodily integrity.