Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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This is a bizarre process. As parliamentarians, we are being asked to support a proposal that we do not agree with right now. We are also being asked to give the Government the green light to go ahead and see if it wants to negotiate and improve it. We are therefore being asked to vote for and support something that we have not seen in a final format. I do not think that is acceptable. This is a rubber-stamping process. It is not just Sinn Fein's concern because the joint supervisory body on Europol should also have serious concerns.