Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, section 70(1). On the report on performance - and it goes back to the point I had made on this topic but it is relevant to this section as well - what is the measurement of that, who is allocated, and what are the consequences for those performance targets not being met? I know that sounds like repetition but it is in the section, and that is the point I am making on it.

I know this also sounds like repetition but it goes back to the made point we made previously and it is in this section as well, in section 70(5) and (6). It does not allow for printed copies of the report. It states the Minister may exclude matter from the annual report being laid before the Oireachtas, and that the Garda Commissioner should ensure "as soon as practicable" that it would be laid before the Oireachtas. Again, it is not necessarily available to the public. It also refers to it being available on websites, not in this section but in other sections. I am conscious that members of the public should have access to this, as they should all other Government reports. That should be done through our library service, which would be accessible. It would be a printed copy and would basically mean that people who do not have access to the Internet - we all assume everyone does but we all know that is not the case - do not then have access to the report itself.