Seanad debates

Wednesday, 13 December 2023

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)

 

10:30 am

Photo of Gerard CraughwellGerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have to concur with my colleague. Intelligence services are not normally not part of a police force. An intelligence service is a very different thing. If we go through Europe, we will not find police and intelligence services mixed together. My colleague has adverted to the vacancy for the head of intelligence. It is absurd that we would employ somebody from outside the State as the head of intelligence in this country. Perhaps this is an opportunity because-----

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