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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association and Macra na Feirme (3 Nov 2015) See 4 other results from this debate

...I will outline where we are heading in the next 12 months. On a macro level, we are very concerned at the potential for damage to our sector from a bad Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP deal. As we speak, EU and US negotiators are working behind closed doors to put a deal together. The lead negotiator for the EU is the trade commissioner, Cecilia Malmström. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An EU-US deal under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is of significant importance for Ireland. The US is one of our leading trading partners, and we have a large and growing agri-food trade surplus with them (exports of €570m last year, compared to imports of €268m). The drinks industry currently accounts for over 60% of the value of exports. We have...

European Council: Statements (20 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: ...who seek to divide and spread fear and hate. All international efforts must be made to resolve the conflict in Syria, not escalate it. Was the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, discussed at the European Council meeting? It seems like a significant issue to leave off the table. Mr. John Hilary, the executive director of the campaign group War on Want, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (13 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An EU-US deal under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is of significant importance for Ireland. The US is one of our leading trading partners, and we have a large and growing agri-food trade surplus with them (exports of €570m last year, compared to imports of €268m). The drinks industry currently accounts for over 60% of the value of exports. We have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Cancer Society Report (13 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...report of the Irish Cancer Society in respect of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The EU’s mandate to negotiate the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) states that services supplied in the exercise of governmental authority as defined by Article I.3 of General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) shall be excluded from these...

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...done on this but it is taking quite a long time. At the very least, State-owned companies with an overseas presence should establish human rights due diligence. We should not go any further with the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, TTIP, until there is a robust assessment of the human rights aspects of it. At the very least we should oppose the inclusion of the investor...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Lou McDonald: ...States of America. Did it form part of his discussions with President Obama on the occasion of his last visit some time ago? What about the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, TTIP? It is a comprehensive free trade and investment treaty being negotiated between the European Union and the USA. It is a very controversial proposition. Did the Taoiseach discuss this matter...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: ...is really what we need to consider. Fighting the extractionism of the fossil fuel industry is a way to achieve it but we are not doing it. Fighting the new free-trade deals, such as the TPP and TTIP, which are effectively corporate wish lists that will have a devastating impact on the environment, particularly in countries in the developing world, is an approach. So, too, is reining in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (22 Sep 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1063 and 1064 together. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a free trade and investment treaty currently being negotiated between the European Union and the USA. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (DJEI) leads on negotiations for Ireland. DJEI commissioned Copenhagen Economics to prepare a report on TTIP and its...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (22 Sep 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I can confirm that the correspondence to which the Deputy refers has been received and a response will issue as soon as possible. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a free trade and investment treaty currently being negotiated between the European Union and the USA. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (DJEI) leads on negotiations for Ireland. DJEI...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Colreavy: ...State agencies and that private business was allowed a free hand in developing energy infrastructure as it wished. If I had had more time to consider this legislation, I would have looked for an impact of the TTIP and the ISDS in the event that they were agreed, but I did not have the time to pursue the matter in any detail. Ireland's offshore oil and gas reserves have the long-term...

Other Questions: Departmental Communications (15 Jul 2015) See 1 other result from this debate

Peadar Tóibín: ...European Council and the Commission on the lack of transparency around negotiations. In her report she calls for public access to consolidated negotiations texts, greater proactive disclosure of TTIP documents and increased transparency as regards meetings that Commission officials hold on TTIP with other businesses, organisations, lobby groups and NGOs. This is a big sphere of leverage...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (15 Jul 2015) See 2 other results from this debate

Clare Daly: This question relates to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP. It is an absolute disgrace that we are heading into the recess without having a comprehensive discussion in the Parliament about its widescale implications. The Minister has made repeated claims that it will have a wonderful impact on job creation and GDP growth rates. In 2013 he told us it would lead to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...estimates somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 additional export related jobs. The EU Commission's mandate to negotiate with the United States on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) includes in the scope (paragraphs 22 and 23), investment protection and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). The stated aim of negotiations on investment is to negotiate investment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...US by Irish companies and the 120,000 jobs provided by US companies in Ireland, demonstrates how interconnected our economies are. According to assessments made by the EU Commission, a comprehensive TTIP could over time boost EU GDP by 0.5% bringing significant economic gains as a whole for the EU. This converts into 400,000 jobs across the EU. An independent study commissioned by my...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...additional export related jobs. As regards impact on third countries, the independent study carried out by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) for the European Commission indicates that TTIP could bring an overall estimated gain for third countries of between €46.6 billion (an increase of 0.07 % of world GDP) and €99.2 billion (0.14 % of world GDP), and an increase...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (14 Jul 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Richard Bruton: ...the freedom to trade, we have first-hand experience of how trade liberalisation has continually shaped and reshaped our economy. The Copenhagen Economics study should also inform our policy responses as a result of TTIP. Some of these may arise from sector impacts that have been identified in the Copenhagen Economics study. We have used openness to trade in the past, and will continue...

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: ...feel about how the European Union treats ordinary works. When one considers what the EU is doing to Greece and its role in the negotiations on a transatlantic trade and investment partnership, TTIP, it is little wonder people are losing faith in the European project. The European Union should stand by hard-pressed, ordinary Europeans. What is happening is very simple; the banks are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Luxembourg's Presidency Priorities: Ambassador of Luxembourg to Ireland (8 Jul 2015) See 5 other results from this debate

...with the signing of the CETA agreement with Canada and the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. As Luxembourg’s Prime Minister, Mr. Xavier Bettel, made clear recently, “during the Luxembourg Presidency, TTIP will not belong in a darkroom”. Therefore, a public debate will be organised by the Presidency in November in Brussels. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (7 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: According to assessments made by the EU Commission, a comprehensive TTIP could over time boost EU GDP by 0.5% per annum bringing significant economic gains as a whole for the EU. This converts into 400,000 jobs across the EU. A study commissioned by my Department estimates that these benefits in Ireland will be proportionally greater than in the EU as a whole. It suggests growth in Irish...