It provides An Garda Síochána with statutory enforcement powers to ensure strict adherence to public health measures on premises selling alcohol for consumption on the premises, having regard to the manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of Covid-19. The Act gives the Garda the power to enter such premises to encourage the small minority of publicans who are acting contrary to public health regulations to bring themselves into compliance and it provides An Garda Síochána with the powers to act swiftly to enforce the law where necessary.
As provided for in the recent amendments to the Health Act 1947, the Minister for Health may make regulations prescribing provisions for the purposes of enforcement under the Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 6,661 words from 16 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Brendan Griffin and Jack Chambers; Níl, Deputies Denise Mitchell and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 63–82 |
| Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." | Lost | 55–88 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 88–57 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 85–59 |
| Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to." | Carried | 82–57 |
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