Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)

I did not interrupt the Minister. The 2005 October riding instructions to Commissioner Mandelson dealt with tariff cuts in beef of between 50% and 60%, tariff cuts in pigmeat and poultry of up to 50% and likewise in milk and skimmed milk powder. Therefore, the 2005 figure is 50% while the 2003 figure is 36%. We are now discussing cuts of up to 70%.

I listened at length to the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, with responsibility for trade and commerce, Deputy McGuinness. In many ways, his was the most alarming contribution because apart from a loud mouthed lecture and hectoring——

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