Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 116:

In page 62, subsection (2), line 14, after "concerned," to insert "it may institute criminal proceedings against the member and if it decides not to do so".

The Minister rejected a previous amendment in this regard. This amendment proposes that the Garda ombudsman commission should be entitled to prosecute members of the Garda Síochána and should not be dependent on the Director of Public Prosecutions in this regard. Without this power, its role will be diminished.