Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am out of time and I have one more question. I will say this with regard to this point. Rather than this being an evolution of CAP I would compare it to a situation whereby a local authority provided a business with a grant to build an extension and a number of years later issued it with an order to demolish that very same extension.

I have a question on policy. From whatever position someone comes at this regulation, the truth is that it will remove what is at present productive agricultural land in Europe. It would be useful if we heard from the DG as to whether it sees a contradiction in pursuing such a regulation while the European Union is proceeding at speed with trade agreements, including the Mercosur trade agreement, which would permit up to 100,000 tonnes of additional beef coming from farms that are on the spot where the Amazon rainforest was previously cited. Does Dr. Delgado Rosa see the frustration this will inevitably lead to in many of the communities that may be negatively impacted if this regulation is not right?