10. (1) Each of the following persons (in this Part referred to as “applicant”) may make an application in writing to the Minister to forward a judgment imposed in the State to a competent authority of an executing state for the purposes of the recognition of the judgment and enforcement of the sentence to which the judgment relates in that state:

(a) the sentenced person;

(b) where the sentenced person is in a prison, the Director General of the Irish Prison Service;

(c) where the sentenced person is in a designated centre, the clinical director of the designated centre;

(d) where the sentenced person is in a children detention school, the Director of the children detention school;

(e) the competent authority of the executing state (in so far as the application is to forward the judgment to the executing state for which the competent authority is designated).

(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1) and subject to subsection (3), the Minister may consider whether to forward a judgment imposed in the State to a competent authority of an executing state for the purposes of the recognition of the judgment and enforcement of the sentence to which the judgment relates in that state.

(3) Sections 11 to 16 shall apply to a consideration by the Minister under subsection (2) to forward a judgment as they apply to an application under subsection (1) and a reference in those sections to an application shall be construed as including a reference to such a consideration.