Ms Maeve-Anne Kenny:

To make it abundantly clear, the system we have now will not operate after the Act is implemented. It will be a new system, and a system we would have to opt into. I just want to make that very clear.

At the moment, Eurodac takes fingerprints and these are compared across the EU. The new Eurodac system will include biometric facial images and security information we can access, so it will enhance our ability to be able to identify who is moving into the State, where they have been before and whether there are any security concerns that we need to be aware of.