Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)

At the outset, I thank my colleagues who spoke in support of the motion and the members of the Labour Party and Sinn Féin for their contributions also. Previously, I made the point that a great deal of jargon surrounds the WTO debate and today's discussion reinforces this. With reference to jargon I want to deal with the Government's amendment which I reject entirely. It speaks about the mandate being the 2003 CAP reform and that anything else would be unacceptable to Ireland. I heard the Minister speak about Commission Mandelson straying from his 2005 brief. The issue raised is what is balance. In the context of the WTO, the 2003 CAP reform mentioned tariff cuts in the of 36%. The 2005——

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