Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 June 2015

Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Ceisteanna (351)

Maureen O'Sullivan

Ceist:

351. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if he will list, in tabular form, the representations received by him, his Department and his Department’s Minister of State, on the European Union and United States of America Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or any of the other names by which these negotiations have been known; if he will provide a full list of the persons and organisations from whom these representations came; the number of meetings he, his ministerial colleagues or his Department officials have had with interested parties regarding it; with whom they were held and the date on which they took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22467/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Finance

The TTIP are negotiations between the US and the EU and, as the Deputy may be aware, on a domestic basis, our input is being led by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and his department. My department contributes to the inter-departmental working group and has attended events and workshops organised by DJEI. To-date, the TTIP discussions have been on broader issues rather than the financial sector. Briefing documents include references to TTIP - based on briefings from DJEI - for meetings of Eurogroup or Ecofin.

There have been 7 representations recorded in the Department's system:

Date	From whom	Organisation	Action
16 April 2014	Brendan Foster	Grant Thornton	Invitation to round table discussion on FDI and TTIP - declined
25 July 2014	Pat Ivory	IBEC	Invitation to meeting - declined
7 October 2014	Markus Henn	World Economy, Ecology and Development	Open letter addressed to Ambassador Froman (US) and Commissioner De Gucht (EU) acknowledged and referred to DJEI
5 November 2014	Pat King  and others	ASTI, IFUT, INTO and TUI	Referred to DJEI with answer based on their response
28 January 2015	Peter Lacey	People's Movement	Referred to DJEI
24 March 2015	Eddie Downey	IFA	Receipt of IFA's position paper acknowledged
15 May 2015	Sean Kelly, M.E.P.		Invitation to event 'TTIP and Ireland'- declined

TTIP may also have been referred to at meetings with officials in general terms but no representations specifically made or submitted subsequently.