Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 January 2015
260. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if all public services and institutions have been excluded from the remit of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership trade agreement negotiations between the EU and US. [1471/15]
View answerThe EU's mandate to negotiate the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) states that services supplied in the exercise of governmental authority as defined by Article I.3 of GATS shall be excluded from these negotiations. Both chief negotiators confirmed after the last Round (7th) that no commitments will be taken on public services. This means that TTIP will have no implications for health, education, social services and other public services including water.
