Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

This is not an inconsequential bilateral issue between the two nations involved. Indeed, a number of other countries, including Austria, Germany and Norway, are involved. This is not a small issue on a European political or diplomatic basis. Given that this draft report seems to be contested from the point of view of the Department or the Government, why did we not attend the meeting at which it was discussed?