Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 41:

In page 37, after line 32, to insert the following:

“Reporting on training provided

36.Within 60 days after the end of each calendar year those responsible for the training within An Garda Síochána, the Ombudsman Commission, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Irish Prison Service, the Court Service, the Bar of Ireland, the Law Society of Ireland and the Judicial Studies Institute shall publish in written form a report of any general and specialist training which has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this Act and Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA.”.

The rationale for this amendment is that it is vital that full implementation of the training obligations as set out in Article 25 of the EU Directive 2012/29, establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, should be monitored. Accordingly, it supports the Victims' Rights Alliance in its advocacy for the introduction and reporting of obligations and progress following new amendment, adapted from that in the Report amendments listed on 4 July 2017, and put this into effect.