Eileen Flynn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 5:

In page 10, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:

“(2) A member of Garda personnel shall operate, or cause to be operated, a recording device where they are requested to do so by an individual with whom they are engaged in the course of their duties.”.

Amendments Nos. 5 and 6 would require gardaí to turn on their bodycams if requested to do so by a member of the public. Amendment No. 5 would give an absolute right to citizens to request that a garda turn on their bodycam. Amendment No. 6 would give a qualified right whereby a garda can refuse to turn on their camera if they believe that doing so would put a member of the public at harm. This is our compromise amendment.