Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

That is the gist of the reply.

I will seek the advice of Members on this but I have promised a wide ranging debate on agriculture, food, horticulture, fisheries and aquaculture. The Minister has agreed to come to the House on 20 July for two and a half hours. Having discussed the matter with him yesterday, he is prepared to devote half the time to agriculture, food and horticulture and he will make a ten-minute statement and, for the other half, he will deal with fisheries and aquaculture and he will also make a ten-minute statement. However, rather than giving spokespersons five or ten minutes each to make statements, he is willing to take questions from the floor on each area. This would be a good way of expanding the relevance of the House.