EU Tade Ministers will meet in Luxembourg next Tuesday, 18 October, to decide whether they should support the provisional application of the comprehensive economic and trade agreement with Canada. Will the Leader ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, if she has taken into account the motion passed in the Seanad on 5 October which called on the Government neither to agree to sign up to nor to authorise the provisional application of the comprehensive economic and trade agreement between Canada and the European Union or any associated invocation of Article 218.5 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, furthermore, to uphold Article 29.5.2° of the Constitution which states, "The State shall not be bound by any international agreement involving a charge upon public funds unless the terms of the agreement shall have been approved by Dáil Éireann"? Will the passing of the motion influence her decision on supporting provisional application? As time is of the essence, is it possible to receive a written response from her before next Tuesday? If the Government is to ignore the decision of this House on matters of this level of importance, what exactly is the purpose of the Seanad? We know that the Government is accountable to the Dáil, but democracy and sovereignty should be accountable in this House. Yesterday we discussed and sent to the relevant committee the Seanad Bill to improve the functioning and role of the Chamber in the political system. Could the Government send a worse signal than disregarding the motion passed the other week?