Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The question is, though, if there is a statutory charge, how can one not impose it? Who has the discretion to impose an informal and non-statutory charge? Surely the law has to be implemented in this matter, even with the difficulties that have been outlined. So much more money would have been collected if the statutory charge was imposed. How can a decision be made - no matter what the difficulties - not to impose a statutory charge on vessels coming in to the ports?