Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Colm Burke for asking me to co-sign the Bill. Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell and I did not have to do much; Senator Colm Burke has been working for a long time on getting the legislation through. I was delighted to support him.

I have one question for the Minister which is more for my own understanding. Perhaps I need to go away and do research and the answer might be there for me to find. When Senator Burke talks about events off the coast of Mayo and other more certain circumstances, I wonder how, when the definition is narrowed - I have no issue with it being narrowed - "virtually certain" and "highly probable" are to be determined. Does there need to be a long investigation by the Garda and for the Garda to say it is highly probable? What exactly is in place to make that determination in situations that are a little less clear cut?