In speaking to amendment No. 8, the Bill as drafted does not include a provision that would allow a person who is interacting with a member of An Garda Síochána to ask that his or her body camera be turned on. If we want body cameras to work as intended, which is to make objective recordings of crime scenes and interactions between members of An Garda Síochána and the public, it is absolutely essential that someone who is interacting with a garda can ask that his or her camera be turned on.
Amendment No. 14 would make it an offence for a garda to turn off their body camera or cause it not to be operating in the first instance to knowingly and purposefully conceal the use or misuse of force. Like amendment No. 17, amendment No. 71 seeks to prevent the sharing of data obtained by a recording device from being shared unlawfully with a third party.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 3,792 words from 9 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Lynn Ruane and Tom Clonan; Níl, Senators Paul Daly and Regina Doherty.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 8–24 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 9–24 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 11–24 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 12–29 |
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