Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I want to ask about the global approach. The witnesses have continually being saying that we need a global approach rather than taking up the EU approach. We put this to officials from the Department earlier in the week and suggested that it is kind of a handy excuse for the Government. The OECD's interim report in March showed just exactly how slow progress is. Do the witnesses think there is a tactical element to Ireland's call for a more global approach and that it is made in the full knowledge that a global action means no action at all any time soon?