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

It has been in operation for three years. The former Minister, Deputy Bruton, has left now, but he might have been able to comment on whether CETA impinged on his portfolio or came across his desk when he was in office in respect of being a restriction on any investment or policy decisions. I have not seen it mentioned once in any consideration of any energy policy decisions so far. If I do, I will happily share that information with the Deputy and raise similar concerns to those which she would have.

We must evolve our international trade rules and ensure that they are in step with environmental and social objectives. It is an evolving process, and no one is saying that it is a perfect system now. We seek to change it as we do further trade deals with other countries. We have 40 such deals in place now and another ten are on the horizon. The critical thing is to ensure that we continue to evolve the rules so that they are in step with our climate ambition.