Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein)
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It might be useful to put on the record and flesh out what direction this will travel. Sometimes the distinction between our exclusive economic zone and Irish waters is lost. As I understand it, Ireland has a responsibility to monitor what is happening in our exclusive economic zone. This is not strictly speaking our sovereign waters but under international maritime law it is the responsibility of Ireland. Primarily this relates to monitoring and, where appropriate, accompanying or following ships that travel into the international zone. There is particular concern where this relates to craft in shadow fleets. Will Dr. Stanley flesh out her thinking on the distinction between the exclusive economic zone and Irish waters, the fact that both are very much the responsibility of Ireland, and how various incidents in the two categories should be responded to?