Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Most commentators agree the transatlantic trade and investment partnership will see the erosion of social protection, a process that has been in full swing since the advent of neoliberalism in the early 1970s.

It would appear that the interests of private business, the markets and finance are being put before the interests of the people, the environment and our democracy.

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