Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To be absolutely clear, the law of the land applies to all vessels fishing in our waters regardless of where they are from. The same law and same enforcement applies to all of them. Obviously, in any specific case, whether it is an Irish vessel or otherwise, it is only the enforcement authorities who can bring that forward and who deal with that.

The determination panel is set up in accordance with the Bill which we are discussing here today in great detail. The Bill sets out who will be on the determination panel, how it will be structured, etc. It outlines how the determination panel is made up of three persons nominated by the Attorney General. That is all provided for in the Bill, which we are discussing, proposing amendments to and which we are taking forward through the Stages. It is part of this legislation.