John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

The advice received and concern raised from an operational point of view was that where decisions needed to be made in real time with a degree of urgency, it would not always be possible in a practical manner to determine whether a property was somebody's dwelling. With regard to the more fundamental point on 24 hours or 72 hours, the provision is based on the very strong advice of the Attorney General and, from an operational point of view, from the Garda Síochána.