Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Nick Henderson:

My understanding is that the plan referred to is the Department of integration's plan to overhaul accommodation for international protection applicants and is not necessarily part of the pact at all. There is a reception conditions directive within the pact. It is a directive; it is not a regulation. My understanding is that they are two different things.

As to whether we agree with what was proposed-----