Provision for Ireland, as the flag state, to exercise its right to preferential jurisdiction and seek the return of a person detained by a convention state, or the handing over of a vessel or thing seized by that state, is included in section 24. On receipt of notification of such detention or seizure for an alleged drug-trafficking offence, the Minister will decide, after consultation with the Director of Public Prosecutions, whether the State should exercise its preferential jurisdiction for the return of the person, vessel or thing. If such jurisdiction is to be exercised, the Director of Public Prosecutions may then apply to the District Court for a warrant of arrest of the person detained or the handing over of the vessel or thing detained. Provision is included in this section for the issue of warrants and for the alleged offence to be treated as having been committed in any place in the State.