Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1423 of 8 September 2022, if she will confirm when the national guidelines were published; and the location in which they can be accessed. [46959/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As mentioned in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1423 of 8 September 2022, each Council of Europe State Party must ensure that the national selection procedure leading to the nomination of candidates for GRETA is either in accordance with published national guidelines or is otherwise transparent and designed to lead to the nomination of the most qualified candidates.

There are no published national guidelines but, for the information of the Deputy, I can share the following link on the CoE website which includes the rules for nominating someone to be put forward for GRETA membership - Rules on the election procedure of the members of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA): search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=09000016805c7260

I can reaffirm for the Deputy that we are complying with these GRETA guidelines and that our process is transparent.