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Catherine Connolly
Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related and may be discussed together.
Dail Éireann · 2022-10-05
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The Garda Commissioner may, from time to time, specify in writing the following with regard to applications for initial assessment: (a) the form of the applications; (b) the information to be contained in the applications; (c) the documents to accompany the applications, and he or she shall cause any such specifications to be published in electronic form.”. The application form sent to the Garda Commissioner and the application form sent to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board will have to align.
If the application form sent to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board changes slightly, then the application form sent to the Garda Commissioner will have to be amended.
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Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related and may be discussed together.
I move amendment No 1:
In page 13, to delete lines 6 to 11 and substitute the following:
“Form and content of application for initial assessment
11. The Garda Commissioner may, from time to time, specify in writing the following with regard to applications for initial assessment:
(a) the form of the applications;
(b) the information to be contained in the applications;
(c) the documents to accompany the applications,
and he or she shall cause any such specifications to be published in electronic form.”.
This is a technical amendment to remove the requirement for the form of the application for initial assessment to be prescribed by way of regulation. The application form sent to the Garda Commissioner and the application form sent to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board will have to align. If the application form sent to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board changes slightly, then the application form sent to the Garda Commissioner will have to be amended. It is more straightforward to set out that the Garda Commissioner will determine the form of the application and this will be in line with the removal of the administration of the scheme from the Minister for Justice and its transfer to the Garda Commissioner.
Regarding amendment No. 2, it is related to revisions concerning a previous amendment to section 11 and will remove the word "prescribed" from the end of section 16(2)(c). This allows the Garda Commissioner to determine the form of an application for review and ensures that the form of the application for review is published electronically. As referred to in respect of section 11, such a change would be in line with the removal of the administration of the scheme from the Minister and its transfer to the Garda Commissioner.
I move amendment No. 2:
In page 18, line 30, to delete “prescribed” and substitute the following:
“specified in writing from time to time by the Garda Commissioner, and he or she shall cause any such specifications to be published in electronic form”.
I thank my colleagues on the other side of the House, as well as Deputy James Lawless, Chair of the Joint Committee on Justice, and all the members of that committee for their work.
The Bill, which is considered to be a Dáil Bill under Article 20.2.2° of the Constitution, will be sent to the Seanad.