I disagree with Senator Dardis and some others who spoke because I want to condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the squalid little deal on agriculture entered into between France and Germany at the last European Council and fully colluded in by this Government. The net effect of this cosy little arrangement is to put the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy off the agenda for the foreseeable future. I am proud to be Irish and a European citizen and I am well known around the world as a champion of the Irish food industry, but I cringe every time I hear of a new refusal by Europe to face up to realties in regard to the CAP.