Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It has been raised with various Ministers at committee meetings but there has been no real debate in the House. Across the EU, this matter was treated secretively at first, as was the case with the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP. It is almost as if a climate of secrecy is being encouraged and informed citizenship about these trade agreements is discouraged. It has potentially massive implications for Irish citizens. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions, environmental, health and farming groups have raised concerns about it and we need to address them. There is something wrong and rotten about the fact that a debate has not been allowed in respect of it.

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