Seanad debates

Wednesday, 15 December 2004

Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed).

 

11:00 am

Photo of Joanna TuffyJoanna Tuffy (Labour)

If one takes the Houses of the Oireachtas as an example, one sees that one could have a situation where a member of staff could be excluded from the Houses by a person from a security firm. I am straying a little, but if it were decided that an outside security firm should be used in the Houses, and some of those involved were designated officers under the section by the head of the Houses, there could be a disagreement between a member of staff and an officer with the result that the member of staff might be excluded. Such a situation could arise. That has important implications and my main concern is that the Bill has no element of accountability in the way that there is regarding members of the Garda Síochána.

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