John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to go back to a point raised by Deputy Clarke. That piece of work was referred back from the Dáil to the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs so it puzzles me how it has ended up before this committee, given the fact a trade agreement between the EU and Canada landed with the Committee on European Union Affairs. I sit on that committee and I am not sure if many of its other members are aware of this piece of work. There is an onus on us to notify the Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs. It warrants further scrutiny by that committee but also, on foot of this meeting with the Minister of State, rather than this just being ratified by the Dáil, I think it warrants further debate in the Dáil.