Mr. David Costello:

In general, the decision as to who will come to Ireland is made by the Greek and Italian authorities. States can only object on security grounds, but they have a right under the directive to feed their interests into the process in terms of applicants' specific qualifications, characteristics and family, cultural and social ties so as to assist with integration. It is possible for Ireland to indicate in that limited way that we want people with, for example, English language skills if they are available. However, that is only a desire and it is for the Greek and Italian authorities to make the decisions. There is a little bit of flexibility.