Does Deputy McConalogue have a card?

I do.

One question, one card.

Do not give a red card out.

I wish to raise the same issue. As Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Tánaiste will have an important role to play in this. There is tremendous concern at the prospect of the offering from the EU to the Mercosur countries supposedly increasing from 70,000 tonnes to 99,000 tonnes in the negotiations last week. For any final deal, will it be a situation where all countries have to agree, in that we would have a veto or will it be by qualified majority voting? Does the Tánaiste know that at this stage? If we are so against it and the Taoiseach and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine have taken such a hard line, as they tell us, why is the European Commission proceeding with increasing the beef offering? Will the Tánaiste give us information on that? As negotiations continue over the next week, will the Tánaiste get the ear of relevant Commissioners and ensure that beef is not sold out at the expense of doing a trade deal?

The Taoiseach, the Minister, Deputy Creed, and I have all been very vocal on this issue, as has the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan.

It is deadly serious.

Ireland has specific concerns relating to beef. We are the largest beef exporter in the northern hemisphere. The EU's market for beef is crucial for us in the future. Any trade deal negotiated and finalised by the EU is one we are watching closely. No final deal has been agreed to my understanding. Ireland and other countries, particularly France, have raised concerns about the sensitive issue of beef. The way in which the EU handles trade is that the Commission has the mandate to negotiate, but that negotiating mandate is determined by member states. Ireland and France have continuously raised concerns that, if a deal is to be done, beef access needs to be part of that.

Will it be qualified majority or-----