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Amendment of section 25 of Principal Act
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23. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1):
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“(1A) The Authority may recommend to the Minister that a directive concerning a specified matter relating to policing services be issued under subsection (1).
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(1B) Following the approval of the Government, the Minister may issue to the Authority written directives concerning any matter relating to policing services insofar as the matter concerned relates to the functions of the Authority under this Act.”,
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(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
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“(2) The Garda Commissioner and the Authority shall, in performing their respective functions under this Act, comply with any directive issued to the Commissioner or the Authority, as the case may be, under this section.”,
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and
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(c) by the addition of the following subsections:
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“(6) The Authority shall inform the Minister of the measures taken by the Authority to comply with a directive issued to it under this section and supply the information within the time specified by the Minister.
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(7) The Minister shall supply the Authority with the information supplied to him or her by the Garda Commissioner under subsection (5) regarding the measures taken by the Garda Síochána to comply with a directive issued to the Commissioner under this section if and insofar as the directive and that information relate to policing services.”.
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