Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Thank you, Senator Craughwell. You got enough of the presentation and you made a good input yourself.

One thing that has come up in the context of dialogue today is climate change. It is the issue in vogue at the moment. We have to understand that in the dialogue we cannot expect Italy, France and Germany to close down their motor manufacturing industries or engineering sectors. Likewise, we should not be expected to close down our agrifood sector to comply, but there are other ways and means of doing it. We have to understand the age within which we must operate and do so effectively, as must our colleagues throughout Europe. With all of that I will hand over to Ms Donoghue to respond.