Seanad debates

Thursday, 20 October 2011

11:00 am

Photo of Trevor Ó ClochartaighTrevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein)

I am trying to explain why this will be so useful in terms of a debate. We have a lot to learn from Norway. Norway twice refused to join the EU but it still has good and positive trade relations with the European Union which are very favourable to it as a country. We would have a huge amount to learn from Norway and it would be very interesting to find out from the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what steps have been taken to create and foster better relations with Norway, to learn how it has set up its engagement with multinational companies which exploit their natural resource, for example, how it has come to have such good education and welfare systems and how it has such good links with the European Union, although it is outside it. That would be a very important and useful debate.

When one looks at the Viking connection to Dublin, we could certainly-----

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