Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is fine. We are facing an €88 million fine and the best the Minister is offering us is that the liability will be attached immediately and one will have time to pay it. When representatives of ICOS and the Irish Dairy Board appeared before the committee, they were very adamant that the country should fight to have the super levy fine reduced. Is the Minister saying he failed in regard to the butterfat adjustment? Is he saying he failed to get a reduction in the rate at which the super levy was charged? Will he confirm that is the position and that he has literally made no progress in the negotiations, except possibly on the issue of deferment?

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