Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will not take that amount of time. My colleague, Acting Chairman, Senator Mooney, tells me I should refer to Ms Mairead McGuinness, MEP, as "Deputy McGuinness". I did not know that until today. She is very welcome. It is refreshing to hear somebody who knows her brief inside out, and not only represents the farming community in Brussels so well but also lives the life at home.

She alluded to the perceived dangers to rural development funding. What effect would the proposed reduction in the CAP have on the Leader programme, a programme that has been beneficial to rural areas, and especially to the part of the country from whence I come?

Ms McGuinness mentioned that the legislation on food labelling will be tightened up, but not until December 2014. Why is there a two-year delay in tightening that legislation up?