Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion with Department of Justice and Equality

9:55 am

Photo of Ivana BacikIvana Bacik (Independent)
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I thank Mr. Fennell for his contribution, which highlights again one of the problems with Europe, namely, the marked divergence between the common law system in place in Britain and Ireland on the one hand and the civil law jurisdictions on the other. It is clear we cannot opt in to the regulation given the substance of Article 8.