Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are hugely concerned about it and have quite rightly outlined it and how to go about it. The Deputy spoke about building coalitions. We have tried to work with other like-minded countries in the same circumstances that Ireland faces regarding our agriculture industry. The agreement, as constructed, is not good, not only as the Deputy rightly pointed out, in terms of the quantity of trade, but also the message. If you are at a cost base whereby you are cutting down the Amazon forest every week and you are being rewarded for this, that is not a good signal for the European Union. We are trying to rectify that currently. I do not have an update on the final paper. I am not sure it was issued as of yet.