Why is it that despite the European Union (Scrutiny) Act 2002 this proposal was not submitted for scrutiny by the Oireachtas in the normal way, but was only discovered by the Sub-committee on European Scrutiny and was sent to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business to be examined in greater detail? Such scrutiny as this has resulted in recommendations that the Government not support proposals for an EU decision. Furthermore, the Tánaiste makes the case that if this is now blocked, it may return to a regulatory committee and the voting system may have changed next time it is considered. The reality is four EU countries, Italy, Austria, Portugal and Germany, are likely to block this in any event.