Seanad debates

Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage

 

10:30 am

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This amendment is being tabled on foot of a request from the chairperson designate of the authority and changes the requirement for public meetings with the Garda Commissioner to no fewer than four per annum. The current text requires the authority to hold no fewer than one public meeting with the Garda Commissioner in each period of three months in each year. The chairperson designate has requested that a more flexible wording be provided. This is being done while preserving the requirement for at least four public meetings to take place between the authority and the Commissioner each year. This gives the chairperson flexibility in terms of when meetings are called. For example, summer might not be the best period. It will be left to the authority to determine when the best times to hold the four meetings will be.

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