Mr. Eoin Bradley:

To sum up Deputy Anthony Lawlor's arguments, if I understand him correctly, there is a huge opportunity with this partnership agreement, but we have to be careful. I fully agree. The issue we have had - I am sure people here agree - is that we do not see this reflected in the Minister's position. We would like to hear him talk not only about the opportunities the TTIP agreement offers but also the potential issues and problems. He is a signatory to the letter calling for Commissioner Malmström, the incoming Trade Commissioner, to introduce the ISDS within the TTIP agreement. Forgetting about the issues related to public health and agriculture, I would like to see the Minister acknowledge the issues about which we are talking because his speech last Thursday in the Dáil Chamber provided a very good example in that it focused purely on the economic brief. I understand this, given that he is the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, but the issues around the TTIP agreement are much greater. Therefore, we would like to hear him acknowledge this.