Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for appearing before the committee. Canada is the most important in terms of these agreements. Does Ireland conduct an audit of all the countries where we are not up to speed in regard to agreements and particularly the countries with which we trade most? Is any country being left outside the loop from an EU point of view and from Ireland's point of view? The Minister mentioned that he is drawing up a new national aviation policy and, obviously, that will come before the committee for debate. However, we need to get it well in advance in order that we can study it. Given the way aviation is moving, the new aviation policy is very important. As markets are opening up across the world, is Ireland targeting specific countries with which we want to conclude new agreements? When the issue arises at EU level, do we make suggestions about different countries with which we would like to conclude agreements or do we have an input?