Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As I mentioned, I was involved in the negotiations at EU level and the exact opposite argument was used: that we would set a minimum standard and the expectation was that member states would go much further. They will probably include all, if not a large amount, of the grey list and probably add new ones themselves. That was nearly five years ago at this stage and now here we are.