Ms Maeve-Anne Kenny:

The Eurodac regulation does not refer to biometrics in the round. It refers to a biometric facial image. Regarding facial recognition, it might be useful for the committee to hear that, generally speaking, fingerprints are checked against the database. Facial images will not be checked unless fingerprints are of insufficient quality and the person cannot be identified based on them. It will not be routine to match facial images across the system.