Ms Lorna Meaney:

It presents many challenges in its current form, as the Deputy outlined. However, it is in draft form at the moment. There will be ample opportunity for us to make our case in Europe and there will be other member states that will be in a similar position to us on different parts of the legislation, Therefore, it is likely the legislation, when and if it eventually makes its way through all this negotiation and discussion and reaches agreement, will not be quite as it is now. It is very hard to make an assessment of the impact the legislation will have given this is only very much a draft.