Mr. Chris Collenette:

Deputy Howlin will be pleased to know that a few years ago I did a little work for Irish Country Meats, ICM, in Camolin, County Wexford, just over the border with Wicklow, which resulted in some of the first exports of Irish lamb to Canada, or from ICM anyway. I want to make it clear that these protections are in place for Irish companies too. For example, an agricultural exporter like ICM is in the Deputy's constituency. These protections can be availed of by Irish companies as well, which is important to reference. I invite Deputy Howlin and all the members of the committee to read articles 8.1, 8.10 and 8.12. If members read these short articles, which are less than a page, they would reflect and say they would hope any company in their constituencies would have these types of protections when dealing internationally with international goods. I invite members of the committee to read those articles.