David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I very much hope that when the Minister takes up that big job, he will remember all those who campaigned very vigorously to have a Commissioner. The Minister campaigned in favour of the original Lisbon treaty and could have unwittingly done himself out of a job, but that is a different story. We do not have 11 MEPs in Ireland. We will have 14 because there are three in the North.