Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality said that the proposal warranted further scrutiny. I asked the clerk of the committee if that further scrutiny had occurred. It did not happen. The Seanad is being asked to pass a motion in respect of which further time for scrutiny has been requested. We have said time and again that we should scrutinise EU regulations and directives but we are being asked to rubber stamp this.