Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014
417. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of meetings he has held with civil society groups and the number of meetings with corporations, lobbyists and other business representative groups regarding the transatlantic trade and investment partnership free trade agreement. [34413/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraAccording to my Department’s records, since the start of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations in July last year, I have met on two occasions representatives of the agri-food sector, and hosted a seminar in Dublin Castle on the 20th June 2014. All members of the Oireachtas Committees on EU Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Trade and Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation; all Irish MEPs and business, trade unions and farm representative groups were invited.
