Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will work to provide a flow chart, although it may not be in graphic form. This is a complex matter. With other legislation in this space, there has been frustration that national co-ordinators have taken a national flag. This provision is about checks and balances to ensure that every possible point is checked.

I am reluctant to include specific timelines in primary legislation. For instance, a joint investigation would depend on the resources of a DSC in another member state. We could keep this under review through regulation, but that scenario is why we are so committed to ensuring that the Irish DSC is resourced and that investigations are done quickly, transparently and effectively. I do not want a situation to arise at speed and undermine the quality of the investigation. We are conscious of the timelines and perhaps that is a matter to consider in regulation, but I am reluctant to include them in primary legislation.