Mr. David Fennell:

That is not quite clear. The 50 page document prepared by the Commission includes one or one and a half pages setting out the background to the proposal. To be honest, this does not make a convincing case for the need for a regulation, as of now. The Eurojust decision was adopted by the Council in 2008 and has only been implemented by member states since 2011. A number of member states have expressed the view that no clear case has been made as of yet for such a significant change, that is, a decision to give national members binding powers of investigation. Pages 1 and 2 of the document provide a background to the proposal. A number of member states, including Ireland, have expressed the view that there is no convincing argument that it is necessary, in 2013, to amend a decision which was adopted in 2008 and has only been implemented since 2011.