Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am very concerned about this proposal because my experience with European Union regulations and directives is they all pertain to worthy causes and principles with which no one can argue but when they get their teeth in it, it becomes a total bureaucratic nightmare. The reality is that facing eastward, we face Britain and facing to the west, we face the United States of America and Canada. Our cables go west as well as east and therefore, we need an international framework to deal with these issues. I hate being bounced into things and my proposal is the joint committee should oppose this measure, put up the red flag or whatever and indicate that-----