I move amendment No. 74: In page 243, lines 13 and 14, to delete “has the same meaning as it has in” and substitute “shall be construed in accordance with”.

I move amendment No. 75: In page 243, to delete lines 16 to 23.

I move amendment No. 76: In page 246, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(c) in section 45, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (10): “(10) Subsection (2) shall not apply to— (a) information, documents or things, or classes thereof prescribed by regulations under paragraph (a) of section 256 of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2023 , or (b) Garda Síochána premises prescribed by regulations under paragraph (b) of that section, except to the extent specified i…

I move amendment No. 77: In page 246, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(ii) in paragraph (n), by the substitution of “or procurement matters, or records transferred to the Garda Síochána under section 158(2) of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2023 ” for “or procurement matters”,”.

I move amendment No. 78: In page 246, line 26, to delete “the Policing and Community Safety Authority” and substitute “An tÚdarás Póilíneachta agus Sábháilteachta Pobail”.

I move amendment No. 79: In page 246, to delete lines 33 to 37, and in page 247, to delete line 1, and substitute the following: “(iv) in paragraph (an), by the substitution of “functions;” for “functions.”, and (v) by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (an): “(ao) Bord an Gharda Síochána, other than insofar as it relates to administrative records relating to human resources, finance or procurement matters; (ap) the Independent Examiner of Security Legislation in the”.

I move amendment No. 80: In page 247, to delete lines 16 to 18 and substitute the following: “ “(p) An tÚdarás Póilíneachta agus Sábháilteachta Pobail, (q) oifig an Scrúdaitheora Neamhspleách um Reachtaíocht Slándála.”,”.

I move amendment No. 81: In page 249, line 24, to delete “the Policing and Community Safety Authority” and substitute “An tÚdarás Póilíneachta agus Sábháilteachta Pobail”.

I move amendment No. 82: In page 249, to delete line 32 and substitute the following: “ “(o) An tÚdarás Póilíneachta agus Sábháilteachta Pobail;”.”.

I move amendment No. 83: In page 250, lines 10 to 13, to delete all words from and including “and,” in line 10, down to and including “specified” in line 13.

I move amendment No. 84: In page 250, to delete lines 20 and 21 and substitute the following: “(II) “pursuant to subsection (1) or (4) of section 28 of that Act” for “pursuant to an authorisation under section 32 of that Act”,”.

I move amendment No. 85: In page 250, to delete lines 27 to 35 and substitute the following: “(I) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “ section 33(1)(c)(i) of the Act of 2023 ” for “section 33(1) of the Act of 2005”, and (II) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “ section 33(1)(c)(i) of the Act of 2023 ” for “section 33(1) of the Act of 2005”,”.

I move amendment No. 86: In page 251, after line 12, to insert the following: “Amendment of Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022 293. The Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022 is amended— (a) in section 2— (i) in the definition of “Garda Commissioner”, by the substitution of— (I) “ section 26 of the Act of 2023 ” for “section 9 of the Act of 2005”, and (II) “pursuant to section 28 of that Act” for “pursuant to an authorisation under section 32 of that Act”, (ii) by the substitution of the following definition fo…

To restate some comments made on Committee Stage, as acknowledged by the Deputy, the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2019 gave members of An Garda Síochána full access, for the first time, to the State's industrial relations mechanisms, including the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, and the Labour Court. As a result, Garda representative associations are in a position to represent their members in national pay talks. This puts them on a par with trade unions in this sense. I accept that certain aspects of …

There are exceptions in the charter, as the Deputy will be aware, which relate to public interest and to security matters. As I have outlined, we are in a position where members of An Garda Síochána are not just responsible for policing but also for security matters and that is why we have taken this decision. This will always be under review, and we will continue to engage with the Council of Europe, but there are clearly exceptions here that are part of the charter and that is where there is a public interest or …

I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed measure: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transfer of proceedings in criminal matters…

I thank the House for facilitating the motion and thank both Deputies for their contributions and for supporting it. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, this will introduce common rules on the transfer of proceedings in criminal matters, making it easier to transfer criminal proceedings from one member state to another. As it concerns cross-border procedures, I believe that where uniform rules are required, we are putting forward a proposal for a regulation that is directly applicable in all member states. It is …

I assure the Deputy that the Government and I, as Minister, are determined to tackle antisocial behaviour and its causes. Antisocial behaviour, as we know, is a broad term often used to describe a range of actions and behaviours that violate social norms in specific contexts. While it is generally associated with young people, we cannot confine it to young people. A number of priority actions are contained in the programme for Government and the justice plan for 2023 to reduce instances of such behaviour and to hel…

As I outlined at the outset, this is not just about younger people. I refer to all the measures I have mentioned already, such as the focus on the youth justice strategy and how we can prevent younger people from getting into crime or engaging in this type of antisocial behaviour. It is important that there are deterrents separate from those types of specific programmes, making sure we have enough CCTV. The Bill we will pass tomorrow evening, the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, will resolve some o…

The work being done across the Department of Justice is not just focused on changing laws, supporting the Garda and the work it does; it also looks at penal policy reform and how we can stop this cycle of reoffending and get to the root causes, and that is about much more than the Garda. We are introducing what are called community safety partnerships. They look at the response to crime and antisocial behaviour in our communities, acknowledging that not just the Garda, the courts and the Prison Service have a role …