Mr. John Murphy:

Let us take the example of trade. We identified the trade area, especially an EU-US mandate, as something that would be very significant for the EU but also for Ireland. The Taoiseach, our own Minister and the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade invested a lot of time and effort in ensuring that we gave it the priority that it needed at political level, and at Council and working group level, and we delivered an important result. That will be a difficult negotiation, and Deputy Kyne referenced a couple of areas that might be contentious, such as agriculture. Based on previous experience, that will be a long and complex negotiation. Perhaps one of my colleagues will comment on the agricultural element.