Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals

9:00 am

Ms Deirdre O'Higgins:

Depending on the wording in the directive, it could have the implication of requiring us to not have a test for people going into the process. My opinion is that that is wide open to abuse. It is something many member states will have concerns about.