Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I think this is the right approach. I believe in trade agreements as a route to open up dialogue form which one can get human rights concessions, labour market proper standards and all the rest of it. That is the route to go. Of course there is rightful anxieties about human rights. They are absolutely justified and we will pursue them at every level. Having such an agreement and having the consultative mechanisms that underpin it are worth putting in place. Let us try to win progress through the agreement.