The Fianna Fáil motion to be debated in the Dáil next week says the recent controversies over breath tests and fixed charge notices have raised very serious issues about the management of the gardaí.
It states there is increasing public concern and diminishing public confidence in the management of the gardaí and also the administration, direction and supervision of the force.
The motion calls on the Government to ask the Policing Authority to assess the role and capacity of the Garda Commissioner to restore public confidence in the force.
It also calls on the Government to give the Policing Authority the powers to supervise the functioning of the Garda Commissioner's Office and supervise the discharge of these functions by the commissioner.
The motion weakens the position of Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan but it stops short of calling for her to step down and many believe if passed it would not result in her stepping down.
The motion comes as a Sinn Féin motion calling on the Government to remove the garda commissioner will be debated next week.
The Labour Party has a motion of no confidence in garda management, while Solidarity/People Before Profit has a no confidence motion in the Commissioner.
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin recently called on the Commissioner O'Sullivan to consider her position unless there was absolute clarity on the controversies.
Fianna Fáil has sought more information from the gardaí, however, at a recent meeting of the party's frontbench a majority raised issues about Commissioner's O'Sullivan's position.
Part of the @fiannafailparty motion re the #gardai which will be debated next week @rtenews #dail pic.twitter.com/4lGCK46ur0
— Martina Fitzgerald (@MartinaFitzg) April 7, 2017
