Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025 Passes Dáil Éireann (data.oireachtas.ie)

• Allows Garda personnel to conduct automated biometric analysis (facial recognition etc.) on a retrospective basis for serious crime, state security, and missing persons.
• Analysis must be necessary and proportionate, with results reviewed for reliability.
• Introduces codes of practice for biometric analysis, with minor amendment procedures.
• Transitional provisions for pre-existing CCTV authorisations under the repealed 2005 Act.
• Creates offences for falsifying or destroying biometric data, punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment.

"The Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025, as passed by Dáil Éireann, amends the 2023 Act to allow Garda personnel to carry out biometric analysis (automated recognition and categorising of human features) for prevention, investigation, or detection of arrestable offences, state security, and missing persons searches. Analysis must be retrospective, necessary, and proportionate. The bill also introduces codes of practice, transitional provisions for CCTV authorisations, and offences for falsifying biometric data."