Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals
Mr. John Finnegan:
We hold that option. The risk is exactly as the Chair has said, namely that something might dilute what we already have. In a clash of systems, it can cause confusion and make things unworkable. The intention declared at the time of the protocol, as is the intention here, is very much to make this work and participate in its development.