I move amendment No. 17: In page 11, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “(e) turns off, or causes not to be operated, a recording device, including before or during an act of violence or use of force;”.

I will not comment but am opening to listening to the Minister's comments on amendments Nos. 17 and 18.

I move amendment No.18: In page 11, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “(2) A member of Garda personnel who knowingly turns off his or her recording device before he or she uses force, commits an abusive act or act of violence, or otherwise commits an offence, for the purposes of making that information or any document derived therefrom unavailable as evidence, shall be guilty of an offence.” .

I move amendment No.19: In page 11, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “(2) A person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, shares information with any party (including video or audio information) gathered by a recording device shall be guilty of an offence.”.

I move amendment No. 20: In page 11, line 33, after “subsection (1)” to insert “ or subsection (2)”.

I move amendment No. 26: In page 14, to delete lines 13 to 17 and substitute the following: “only if that utilisation has been authorised by a judge of the District Court under section 18 .” , These amendments are similar to previous amendments tabled. They are concerned with safeguarding but I know that they are not going to be accepted, unfortunately.

I move amendment No. 28: In page 14, line 18, to delete “A member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of superintendent” and substitute “A judge of the District Court”.

I move amendment No. 29: In page 14, line 32, to delete “member of the Garda Síochána” and substitute “District Court judge”.

I move amendment No. 30: In page 14, lines 35 and 36, to delete “member of the Garda Síochána” and substitute “District Court judge”.

I move amendment No. 32: In page 14, line 40, to delete “and rank of the member of the Garda Síochána” and substitute “of the District Court judge”.

I move amendment No. 33: In page 15, line 4, to delete “A member of the Garda Síochána” and substitute “A District Court judge”.

I move amendment No. 37: In page 15, line 31, after “ paragraph (c) ” to insert the following: “, and the impact of such focussed monitoring on the privacy and fundamental rights of the individual or individuals concerned”.

I move amendment No. 51: In page 20, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(c) state the precise technological and software specifications of the cameras to be used,”. I believe that this Bill needs more discussion on Report Stage. Moving on to amendments Nos. 51, 52, 54 and 55, they are really simple and would require gardaí, when setting up CCTV schemes, to provide clear information about the kind of cameras being used and to inform affected members of the public of their privacy rights in relation t…

I move amendment No. 52: In page 20, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(c) state the means by which the public and local residents will be appropriately notified of the use of cameras and their relevant rights,”.

I move amendment No. 54: In page 21, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(c) state the precise technological and software specifications of the cameras to be used,”.

I move amendment No. 55: In page 21, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(c) state the means by which the public and local residents will be appropriately notified of the use of cameras and their relevant rights,”.

I move amendment No. 58: In page 25, after line 37, to insert the following: “(4) A person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, shares information with any party (including video or audio information) gathered by CCTV shall be guilty of an offence.”.

I move amendment No. 61: In page 31, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(5) A person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, shares information with any party (including video or audio information) gathered by CCTV shall be guilty of an offence.".

I thank the Cathaoirleach and I thank the Minister of State for personally attending the House this morning. It means a great deal because the last time I did this Commencement matter, the Minister of State, unfortunately, could not make it. In April 2022, a year and a few months ago, I stood in this House to raise the exact same Commencement matter with the exact same questions. Obviously, I will change it around a little bit. I say to the Minister of State that we are failing Travellers when it comes to mental he…

For the three and a half years I have been in this House I have worked with the National Traveller Mental Health Network, NTMHN, and with the community on the ground. We are no longer ashamed of mental health issues. That is good to see in Ireland as a whole. However, there are 27 primary healthcare services within Ireland in which the Traveller community works. While we welcome the newly allocated €300,000, genuinely it would not cover two good workers in the year. If the Minister of State walked onto any halting …