Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

How will the Government ensure that the trade will reflect all our needs, as the Ministers indicated? How will it enforce it at European level when it comes to the crunch? I imagine that the Government will return to the Chamber in a couple of years with a similar agreement and seek endorsement. Will the Government build alliances with like-minded countries to form a bloc for the qualified majority vote, or will it simply rely on goodwill, talking and the countries saying they will change their practices?

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