Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The overall purpose of section 2 is to update and insert certain definitions provided for under section 2 of the principal Act of 2006. Section 2(a) updates the definition of "Department" to the present title of "Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine" from the title applicable when the principal Act was enacted in 2006, which was the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. Section 2(b) provides for a similar update in respect of the definition of a Minister.

Section 2(c) inserts a new definition of "fisheries monitoring centre" in light of the proposed amendment to section 16 of the Act of 2006 that is provided for in section 7. This means that any member of the Naval Service working in the fisheries monitoring centre is deemed a sea fisheries protection officer. This new definition of fisheries monitoring centre aligns fully with the definition of fisheries monitoring centre being provided for under Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009 from November 2009.