I move amendment No. 54: In page 201, lines 9 and 10, to delete “or, in the English language, as the office of the Independent Examiner of Security Legislation”.

I move amendment No. 55: In page 201, lines 21 and 22, to delete “of the Independent Examiner”.

I move amendment No. 56: In page 201, lines 23 and 24, to delete “of the Independent Examiner”.

I move amendment No. 57: In page 214, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(l) section 256 ;”. These amendments relate to section 45 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014. Currently, under section 45(10), the Information Commissioner is excluded from accessing information, documents or things, or An Garda Síochána stations designated by regulations made under section 126 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as relating to the security of the State. Amendment No. 57 inserts a new section in the Bill, which…

I move amendment No. 58: In page 223, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “Regulations relating to matters concerning security of State 256. The Minister may, having consulted with the Garda Commissioner, for the purposes of section 45(10) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, make regulations prescribing— (a) information, documents or things, or classes of information, documents or things relating to the security of the State, and (b) Garda Síochána premises in which information, documents or thing…

I move amendment No. 59: In page 231, to delete lines 18 and 19 and substitute the following: “ “111. An tÚdarás Póilíneachta agus Sábháilteachta Pobail 112. oifig an Scrúdaitheora Neamhspleáchum Reachtaíocht Slándála”.”.

I move amendment No. 60: In page 232, lines 12 to 15, to delete all words from and including “and,” in line 12, down to and including “otherwise” in line 15. These proposed amendments amend the interpretation of "member of garda staff" in amendments being made to other Acts of the Oireachtas. The purpose of these technical amendments is to ensure consistency between, on the one hand, the meaning of "member of garda staff" in section 2 and the cross-references to that term in amendments to other enactments contained…

I move amendment No. 61: In page 232, to delete line 19 and substitute the following: “ “Office of the Police Ombudsman An Oifig Náisiúnta um Shábháilteacht Pobail Independent Examiner of Security Legislation An tÚdarás Póilíneachta agus Sábháilteachta Pobail”.”. Following engagement between my Department and the National Archives of Ireland, it is proposed that all existing bodies under the aegis of the Department, including all new bodies being established by this Bill, should be explicitly listed as being bound …

I move amendment No. 62: In page 233, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “Amendment of Second Schedule to Electoral Act 1992 267. The Second Schedule to the Electoral Act 1992 is amended— (a) in Part V, in Rule 29— (i) in paragraph (5)(a), by the substitution of “a member of garda staff” for “a member of the civilian staff of the Garda Síochána”, and (ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (9): “(9) In paragraph (5), ‘member of garda staff’ has the same meaning as it has in th…

I move amendment No. 63: In page 233, lines 5 and 6, to delete “the Policing and Community Safety Authority” and substitute “An tÚdarás Póilíneachta agus Sábháilteachta Pobail”.

I move amendment No. 64: In page 235, to delete line 23 and substitute the following: “ “201. An tÚdarás Póilíneachta agus Sábháilteachta Pobail”.”.

I move amendment No. 65: In page 235, after line 33, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 46 of Disability Act 2005 272. Section 46(3) of the Disability Act 2005 is amended by the substitution of “members of An Garda Síochána within the meaning of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2023 ” for “members, within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, of the Garda Síochána”.”.

I move amendment No. 66: In page 239, line 3, to delete “paragraphs” and substitute “paragraph”.

I move amendment No. 67: In page 239, line 4, to delete “garda staff of An Garda Síochána” and substitute “garda staff (within the meaning of the Act of 2023 )”.

I move amendment No. 68: In page 239, line 5, to delete “Defence Forces,” and substitute “Defence Forces, or”,”.

I move amendment No. 69: In page 239, to delete lines 6 to 9.

I move amendment No. 70: In page 240, lines 20 to 23, to delete all words from and including “and,” in line 20, down to and including “Síochána”, where it firstly occurs, in line 23.

I move amendment No. 71: In page 240, lines 34 to 39, to delete all words from and including “includes—” in line 34, down to and including line 39 and substitute “includes a member of garda staff;”,”.

I move amendment No. 72: In page 241, line 2, to delete “has the same meaning as it has in” and substitute “shall be construed in accordance with”.

I move amendment No. 73: In page 243, to delete lines 9 and 10 and substitute the following: “(a) in section 2(1)—”.