Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)

The position is as set out by the Senator. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Dea, agreed to examine the provision. However, on further examination the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform finds that the Senator's concern is already provided for in the Bill. She suggested the deletion of the qualifying term "that established the team" on the basis that where a member state joins a team which has already been established, the members appointed to the team by that new member state would not be seconded members, by virtue of the fact that seconded members of the team are defined in the Bill as being members of a team appointed by a competent authority of another member state that established the team. However, this is not the case.