Malcolm Byrne (Wicklow-Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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376. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Ireland’s ratification of the CETA trade agreement now falls to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2626/25]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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While the operational aspects of the transfer of particular files and functions will be managed between my Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over the coming period, in line with the established cross-government protocols, I am continuing to oversee the process for ratifying the CETA Agreement which, as outlined in the new Programme for Government, will benefit Irish businesses and SMEs in particular. In this regard I will be working closely with the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, who under the Programme for Government assumes the overall leadership role on matters of trade policy and negotiation.