Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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On behalf of the committee and of my party, I want to express our deepest sympathy and condolences to the people of Manchester, and to the British Government, following the horrendous attack on Monday, and also on the attack in Jakarta, Indonesia.

I have two questions for the Minister. This debate is welcome, and I thank him for his presentation. First, I am interested to know the reason Ireland is the second last country in Europe to ratify the framework agreement? Is there a reason it remains to be ratified only by Ireland and Greece? I accept it might be a procedural issue.

Second, is the Minister aware if there are any other EU third country framework proposals in the pipeline that are due to come before this committee?