Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The European Commission explanatory document on negative lists states that all sectors or sub-sectors that are not listed on the negative list are, by default, open to foreign service suppliers under the same conditions as domestic service suppliers. The Minister's predecessor stated that substantive engagement took place, sector by sector, to identify Ireland's interests over the course of negotiations. However, the negative list for Ireland refers to only eight areas, effectively leaving almost all areas of life in this country open to the provisions of CETA, which is nothing less than an attack on our power to regulate in the interests of the public. Why is this the case?

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