Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

A private notice question does not deal with it either because it will be addressed to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Brendan Smith. We need to hear from the Tánaiste, who was the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food at the time and who was at the Council of Ministers. We have a report from the EU Court of Auditors that states very clearly that the factory did not have to be closed, it was a profitable business, it had enormous potential and was a modern operation. The issue which Deputies and the Labour Party want to get to the bottom of is why it ended up being closed down. What role did the Tánaiste-----

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