Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)

It is a pity she did not address those issues. Last night the Minister claimed that allowing non-vets to prescribe at this stage would completely undermine our negotiating position. She was not worried about undermining her negotiating position when she turned her back on the farmers in the midlands and the south east on the closure of the Carlow sugar factory. She was not prepared to become involved in it which directly undermined our negotiating position in the sugar reform talks.

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