Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

This motion concerns the Minister, Deputy Mary Coughlan, who will attend the Agriculture Council meeting on the issue raised earlier by Deputy Sheehan, namely, the WTO talks. In a normal case, nobody would argue against this. I will raise the issue with Ministers, who should try to avoid this problem arising. For my part, I try hard not to miss the days I should be here. Ministers should not do so either.

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