Brian Brennan (Wicklow-Wexford, Fine Gael)

We started with the Rana Plaza. I will never forget it. It was one of those events where you remember where you were. It was the day before my birthday, 24 April and 1,137 people died. I know how things operate in Bangladesh, India and so on and this affected 20,000 to 30,000 people because they were the breadwinners. I am not talking about males because most of these people were female. It was absolutely shocking. The purpose of the exercise, and I admire it, is to make sure that does not happen again. However, let us be real. Based on what has been presented this morning, it is not strong enough to stop that happening again. That is my concern. I am leaving the meeting with more concerns than I arrived with. I am onside, do not get wrong, but we need to understand that.

I am also looking at greenwashing and how relevant that is and that is what is happening. Are we realistically saying in one simple line whether the document the witnesses had hoped to get been completely watered down? That is my fear. I did not want to leave a minute here, I enjoyed it, and well done, keep it going. However, I feel, rather than it being the end and so tapping it back to Europe, we have to get engrossed in this and I hope to play a part in that.