Garda compensation and environmental liability Bills
Bernard Durkan asks about legislation compensating injured gardaí and implementing environmental-liability rules. The Taoiseach expects the Garda Bill in the second half of the year but cannot date the environmental-liability Bill.
The Garda Síochána (Malicious Injuries Compensation) Bill 2012 has been promised for some time. In view of the fact that gardaí risk life and limb and have suffered many injuries in the course of their duty and sometimes when off duty, to what extent, if any, is the Bill being ushered quickly forward to bring it before the House as soon as possible?
Have the heads of the environment liability Bill 2008, giving effect to the Environmental Liability Directive, which will have wide implications for this country, been cleared and when is it likely to come before the House?
Comment on this
The heads of those two Bills were brought before Cabinet, the Garda Síochána (Malicious Injuries Compensation) Bill in 2012 and is expected to be published in the second half of this year. The heads of the environmental liability Bill 2008 were cleared some time ago but I cannot give the Deputy a date for publication yet.