Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice for allowing me to deputise for him at this meeting. I thank the Minister for his comments so far on the Bill. I will not rehash answers he has given. He outlined that we are the last member state to implement these conditions and rules in respect of this aspect of the penalty points system. How many member states have both the penalty points system and the system alongside? Has the Minister looked at that and compared us to other member states? Are we the same? The Department is very quick to point out we are dealing with EU waters rather than Irish waters. How are we in compliance with EU regulations across that or are we an outlier?