Róisín Garvey (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and thank him for coming in and giving us the time again; the debate continues. I have been wondering about a few issues. Since this first came up, I have spent much time reading through it to try to be as fully informed as possible. I was probably starting off from a place where I did not want to support the agreement. It seems, however, that businesses will have better protections if this agreement goes through, which is a positive. This is something I have learned since coming from a place where I was dubious about it. It seems that our companies in Ireland will have better protections.

I will ask for examples because I want to put it into context for people and for myself. What kinds of goods and services are we currently exporting to and importing from Canada?

We have a climate emergency. I believe the CETA agreement is supposed to be in line with the Paris Agreement but I would not mind being reassured of that in some way. The Minister does not have to answer everything today; he cannot have all the information to hand. Those are a few things I would love to hear about from him.