Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

Those meetings are taking place. Additional information has been sought by the European Commission. That has been prepared and we hope to bring this matter to an end. We must do so for many reasons. The most specific is that we need a derogation and we will apply for it as quickly as possible.

I deny the Fine Gael assertion that I am the person responsible for wiping out the sugar industry.