Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food

Impact of Trade Deals on Agriculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

2:00 am

Ms Sinéad McPhillips:

Yes, on the trade elements. They have taken out the trade elements and split those. The trade elements require adoption by a qualified majority vote in the EU trade Council and then by a simple majority vote in the European Parliament.