Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

No, we are the only member state that has a common law system. The UK and Ireland were the only two member states that had this type of common law system. The other EU member states have an administrative system, which is how they apply their criminal law. Our legal system is based on common law.

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