Priorities and pace of negotiations
Cullen sought the Minister’s specific priorities and asked whether progress should come soon. Brennan described the issues as complex and said rapid action, particularly on agricultural aid, might not be desirable.
Can the Minister say what his specific priorities are in connection with these negotiations? I appreciate that it will take a few years but surely he would agree that certain things should be happening very shortly.
Comment on this
If the Deputy reads the detail he will see that this is a very complicated area so I do not blame him for not reading it at night. I am not sure that we would want things to happen very fast. We might prefer if things did not happen that quickly particularly in relation to the proposals which are in the air in regard to rendering agricultural aid.