Dara Murphy (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

However, is that not what would actually happen in reality? Are we engaging in semantics here? Employment and investment create growth and spending. In regard to the example Dr. Raza cited of intra-EU trade being reduced by virtue of TTIP, the reality is that the extension of the Common Market did the exact opposite to what he is suggesting. There are many aspects of the Union that can be legitimately criticised, but the Common Market is not one of them. In fact, it has been a huge success. Why should we not expect what happened following the expansion of the Common Market also to happen in respect of Europe and the United States?