Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 96:

In page 42, subsection (1), line 36, after "may," to insert "where exceptional circumstances arise".

The headnote in this section appears misleading. It refers to special assistance, but there is no reference to special assistance in the section. The headnote gives the impression that the assistance of gardaí will only occur in a special way or circumstances when the opposite is clearly the case. Perhaps the term "habitual assistance" would have been more accurate. I propose that the words "where exceptional circumstances arise" be inserted so as to ensure that the assistance of gardaí can only be sought in exceptional circumstances.