Aidan Davitt (Fianna Fail)
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I thank Mr. Kelly for his presentation. Ireland is an open economy and Mr. Kelly has hit on a number of points. I am curious about where he believes the greatest pitfalls for Ireland are in this deal since he has spent so much time dealing with it. I want to glean something from his experience of it. As he has outlined, it has taken more than seven years for it to be comprehensively ratified and it still has a long way to go. To expand on that conversation, I have a question about the situation in America, one of our larger export markets. How realistic are the claims that America will agree to a trade agreement with Britain in a number of weeks? The delegates have great experience. As they have dealt with the CETA and everything else, I am curious about their opinions on both of these matters.