Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I am talking about the trade deal. When do the products go over and back tariff free? Are they moving already or is it when they are ratified? The second question is on the 10%. My understanding in reading it is that if beef reduced by 8% in a year, it does not kick in, and if that happened over four or five years, it still does not kick in because it is under the 10% each year. Clarify that for me, please.

On standards, with due respect, we had the tillage committee in yesterday. There is a huge difference in how tillage is grown in third countries compared with Ireland, especially. Let us be real about traceability and date of birth. Irish journalists have gone to some of those countries. It is abysmal how they rear cattle compared with Europe. How does the Commission intend to resolve that issue? Am I correct in saying that part of this deal is that no country will be kicked out of the deal unless they are kicked out of COP, the climate agreement? Environmentally, the deal means some of the rainforest can be cut until 2032. Part of the deal is that it is a drop down.

If Mr. Šefovi is confident about the deal, why did he basically make redundant each member state so there is no vote for us as elected politicians in each country? One time, Ireland had a vote-----