Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am little rattled by Mr. O'Sullivan's comments about the ratification process. I had not intended to speak at this stage of the meeting. Could he repeat his comments again? He mentioned that the EU's trade partners might see us as unreliable if our ratification process went on. Presumably they too have a parliamentary ratification process. Surely a ratification process should be seen at the beginning of any trade negotiation as part of the scrutiny of that negotiation.