Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency: Mr. Maroš Šefovi
2:00 am
Mr. Maroš Šefovi:
I understand the question. First and foremost, I really do not believe we are imposing an unfair deal on Ireland. We have done everything possible and I was doing my utmost to explain this in greater detail. We are ready to continue engaging directly with the Deputy or his team to reassure him that what we are putting on the table is an absolutely fair deal with an unprecedented number of safeguards for European farmers, including Irish farmers. I was talking about the legal safeguards. When I was talking about the imposition of the safeguards after the mechanism is triggered, the safeguard will be in place for four years. After four years, of course, you have to reassess it. Again, this is unprecedented. We never had that.