Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2024-01-24
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Lynn Ruane (IND), University of Dublin

I accept that with respect to something that occurs in the line of duty. If somebody was not on call and has access to a Garda vehicle, the use of that vehicle would not be within his or her professional remit. If my house is burgled while nobody is at home and I come home and ring the Garda station, the driver of a Garda car who is involved in an accident on the way from station would not be held liable because it is not an emergency. Professional functions still have to have some gradient that differentiates between responding to a live incident or chasing a car and ordinary professional duties. A garda on duty and on the way to a call who drives a Garda car in a way that could hurt someone else would be exempt under the current wording.

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Sitting date: 2024-01-24