Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2023-10-24
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Helen McEntee (FG), Meath East

I wish to apologise regarding the previous amendments. I thought we were going through them separately. On the question of the sharing of images, that falls under other legislation, including the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act, known as Coco's law. Under that legislation, it is a crime to share information that gardaí may have. I offer my apologies to the House because I thought we were coming on to that next.
Regarding amendment No. 24 and all the amendments in this group, in the interests of transparency for the designation and application processes in the Bill, it is considered appropriate that the legislation should refer to the fact that such designations will be in writing. It was always the intention that designations would be writing and amendments Nos. 24, 46, 50 and 53 serve to make this clear in the relevant sections. Amendment No. 63 comprises a small drafting change to ensure consistency in references to the operation and installation of CCTV across the Bill. Similar wording is used to sections 25 to 27, inclusive, in Part 5.

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