Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I did not say we were the only country not to ratify it. I said we were laggards because most countries have ratified it. Even some of the countries the Deputy mentioned are ahead of us. CETA has been ratified in France by their National Assembly, its equivalent of the Dáil. That was done on 23 July 2019. It now has to go to their Senate. In the Netherlands, the lower house has ratified the agreement. It now has to go to the Senate. We have not even been allowed to have a vote in our Dáil yet. I hope the Deputy will support there being a vote.