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Function of An Garda Síochána
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9. (1) The function of An Garda Síochána is to provide policing services and security services, including vetting, for the State with the objective of—
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(a) preserving peace and public order,
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(b) protecting life and property,
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(c) protecting and vindicating the human rights of each individual,
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(d) protecting the security of the State,
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(e) preventing crime,
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(f) preventing harm to individuals, in particular individuals who are vulnerable or at risk,
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(g) bringing criminals to justice, including by detecting and investigating crime,
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(h) protecting and supporting victims of crime, and
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(i) regulating and controlling road traffic and improving road safety.
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(2) For the purpose of achieving the objective referred to in subsection (1), An Garda Síochána shall cooperate, as appropriate, with other Departments of State, agencies and bodies having, by law, responsibility for any matter relating to any aspect of that objective.
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(3) In addition to its function under subsection (1), An Garda Síochána and members of garda personnel have such functions as are conferred on them by law including those relating to immigration.
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(4) This section does not affect any powers, immunities, privileges or duties that members of garda personnel have by virtue of any other enactment or at common law.
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(5) This section shall not be taken to confer on any person a right in law that he or she would not otherwise have to—
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(a) require An Garda Síochána to perform a function or provide a service referred to in this section or to take, or desist from, any action, or
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(b) seek damages for a member of garda personnel’s performance of, or failure to perform, such function, his or her provision of, or failure to provide, such service, or his or her taking of, failure to take or failure to desist from taking, such action.
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