Garda compensation and planning Bills
Bernard Durkan asks about the Garda malicious-injuries compensation Bill and the planning Bill implementing Mahon recommendations. The Taoiseach says both are due later this year, with the Garda Bill’s heads already cleared.
Will the Taoiseach indicate when the Garda Síochána (compensation for malicious injuries) Bill is likely to come before the House? Have the heads of this legislation been discussed or approved? When is it likely that it will be passed into law? Will the Taoiseach also indicate the position with regard to the planning Bill, which will provide for the implementation of planning recommendations in the report of the Mahon tribunal and other matters? Have the heads of this legislation been approved and when is it likely to be published and brought before the House?
Comment on this
The planning Bill, which relates to the Mahon tribunal, is due this year. The heads of the Garda Síochána (compensation for malicious injuries) Bill were cleared last July and it is due for publication later this year.