Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals

Dr. Rachel Widdis:

I might add that they are included to the extent that due diligence is done at the point of signing the contract but not over the life. This is at odds with project finance, for example. If we are looking at an infrastructural investment in Saudi Arabia, we would have to look at it across the life and market. For example, there are geographies that have inherent high human rights risks.