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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: The Senator can, but the witness is an ambassador who represents his country. The Senator is asking him for opinions and questions on areas which are outside our remit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: That is a matter for the committee which deals with the Good Friday Agreement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: It is. We do not deal with that area. The committees have agreed that we do not overlap.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Yes, but we also have the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement which deals with those issues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: There is a rule that we cannot overlap.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Those are the Houses and this is the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: The ambassador will answer the questions in his capacity if he can do so, and I would like the Senator to stay within our remit if at all possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: I am asking the Senator to stay within our remit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: I ask Senator Daly to finish. I have given him much time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Come on, Senator. The mood and relationship between the UK and Ireland have changed. The Senator is straying into matters which are part of the remit of another committee, to be honest about it. Be fair about it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: I ask the Senator to finish on this point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: I ask Senator Daly to finish please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Some of the questions asked by Senator Daly can be asked in the Dáil, through parliamentary questions or through the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. It is not the function of the ambassador to discuss the issue before this committee. We have moved on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: The Senator has asked his questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Some of the questions are outside the remit of the ambassador. He is a capable man and is well able to decide whether he should answer them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: All I am saying is that those questions are outside our remit. We have discussed this before-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: I wish to return to trade. Britain is the fifth largest exporting market-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: He will be. I am asking more questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)
Pat Breen: Take the ruling of the Chair, please, if you do not mind. I grouped the questions when you were not here and I want to remind you of this. I want to return to the issue of trade. Britain is our fifth largest exporting market and the UK is the third largest investor in Ireland, which is extremely important. We have a very open economy and export 80% of what we produce. Foreign direct...