Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left) | Oireachtas source

A total of 3.3 million people have signed up to the citizens' initiative against TTIP. This is a massive amount of people. There is a massive amount of concern among people about this deal. The attempt to negotiate this deal in secrecy behind the backs of people has failed and it is now out in the open. People are increasingly aware of its contents and are massively opposed to it. I believe that as these negotiations go on, this Government or the new Government must sit down and tease out this document with every line to see how it will impact on our society. I welcome the fact that I can speak on this because I am seriously concerned about it.

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