Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay. There is this issue of reconciling international law and EU law and it seems to me that the position of the Department is that international law needs to be reconciled to the international law position rather than the reverse. The Attorney General, as I understand it, received in advance of that legal opinion some detailed legal opinion from Professors Takis Tridimas and Panos Koutrakos. This was referenced by the Attorney General in that advice. The advice stated that the public policy derogation applies equally to services and goods. Did Mr. Smyth consider that opinion, which was shared with the Department, prior to him and his team reaching their current position?