Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

My point was related to the resources available to the Minister of State's office to secure bilateral agreements. As the Minister of State noted, the Department has an agency working on the ground in Vietnam and departmental staff have been able to visit the country and work with Vietnamese officials. I hope we are moving towards a resolution although if I am to interpret the Minister of State's comments correctly, that is not definitively the case.

What resources are available to the Minister of State's office to address the issues which require investigation and reach satisfactory bilateral arrangements, for example, with Russia and Ethiopia? Are these resources sufficient to reach bilateral agreements in the coming weeks and months? What timeframe does the Minister of State have in mind for concluding such agreements? Is it correct that Ireland does not have a bilateral agreement with Russia?