Mr. Philip Kelly:

I might begin and my colleague, Ms Benson, will contribute later. We had offensive and defensive interests in the Canadian negotiations.

We had a very particular interest in the outcome on beef products. In approaching the negotiations we had to prioritise the asks in deciding what we wanted to get out of them. It is true to say the Irish economy is extremely open. We do not have a lot of technical barriers to trade, nor do we have a lot of shelters. That is why all of the global ranking bodies rank Ireland's economy as open and rank it for the ease of doing business. We were not moving forward in a protectionist way and trying to shelter many parts of the economy. That is why, generally, we might have fewer things we are trying to shelter because we see the benefits of competition and open trade. That is also why Irish firms benefit from access to other markets.

I will ask Ms Benson to comment specifically on how we put the list together and how it can be read relative to the German or any other list.