Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We will continue to work in the EU with colleagues to try to deliver the best possible deal. As to whether that might be a BEAM 2, we are seeking exceptional aid measures for the livestock sector generally because we foresee difficult challenges ahead for it. We have moved from a situation where the response to countries was to relax state aid rules and tell them to go off and fix it themselves to one where the Commission has shifted ground. We hope it will shift ground more, but if it does not, we are aware of what our obligations might be domestically.

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