I must also register my disgust with the Mercosur-EU trade deal. Farmers find it unbelievable. We need only look at the reports today of the surge in shares in Brazilian meat packers on the back of the announcement of this trade deal to know that they will ramp up production in South America and as people have pointed out, pull down rainforests and produce their beef in a less carbon-efficient manner. We are told that the focus is on 99,000 tonnes of meat that will be allowed in under this deal but what will happen to the 270,000 tonnes that are already coming in? Surely this meat will also be subject to the reduced tariff. This deal will floor our beef and suckler cow farmers. The farmers have been set up. They are regulated to the hilt and have been following rules on everything from quality to traceability to the environment and now they will be left to suffer and for what? This is coming from an EU that practically preaches to us about the environment and the green agenda. The green agenda has been very short-lived when it comes to the mighty euro and the mighty dollar. How many German cars sold to South America will be battery-powered or electric vehicles or is that defined? Did it even matter? Everything we do now is supposed to be carbon-proofed and made carbon efficient yet I do not hear one word about carbon efficiency or carbon emissions in this deal. It is a disgrace on the part of the EU and exposes the whole green charade as a fraud set out to hammer farmers. We are going to hammer them on the green agenda and now they will be hammered on price.

Well said.

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine launched a report last week about the future of the beef industry in the context of Food Wise 2025. What was done last Friday has put a coach and four right through it. We need to go back to the drawing board and go through the whole thing. I ask that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine be brought in here so that we can get clarification on what they have in mind. If there is an economic evaluation of this proposal, will we vote against it because that is what I will be proposing?

Perhaps Senator Mulherin would like to speak to Commissioner Hogan about the disgraceful acts that seem to have taken place against farmers. Obviously, the climate is very important in all of this. If Europe is seen to lead the way worldwide, we are surely in a very sorry state.

I wish to, again, raise my favourite place in Dublin - Phoenix Park. The public consultation finished a while ago. Over 3,000 submissions were made but there is a lot of disquiet in that it was limited and there seemed to a brief period of time during which individuals and community groups could make submissions. The proposal involves a massive overhaul of the park that will have a significant impact on the largest park in Europe. It involves shuttle buses, trains, developing the visitors' centre and the Magazine Fort. In particular, people are outraged by what might become permanent enlarged car parking spaces at a time when we are looking to be more eco-friendly, to be kind to ourselves and the environment and to hold on to every inch and blade of grass in our city because we do not have much of it

Once concrete is poured, that great space is lost forever; it is the lung for Dublin. The Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, OPW, Deputy Moran, should come to the House to give us an update on this consultation and plans for the next stages.

I also raise the trade agreement with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Before the Minister comes to the House, people should sit down and read the trade agreement. It is important to have a balanced discussion rather than sound bites based on IFA press releases. The agreement is far-ranging and analysing the detail is important. If we support climate-change measures, as I do, we need to be honest and say that this will cost. Ireland or Europe cannot deal with climate change alone; it must be dealt with in an international context. We have seen Trump running away from the USA's responsibility on climate change with a breach of the Paris accord.

Tying Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay into the Paris accord is a very important element of the trade agreement. The trade agreement becomes null and void if the countries do not sign up and maintain their commitments under the Paris accord. I heard Senator Boyhan speak about slashing down forests. That is happening at the moment. However, a condition of the agreement is that Brazil signs up to the re-afforestation of the rain forest. It sets clear targets on that and the trade agreement will collapse without that.

It is also about civic society and freedom of association. Many people talk about the right to collective bargaining, something we have fought for in this country. The right to collective bargaining is also specified in the accord.

I also have concerns about animal welfare. However, again the agreement requires those countries to reach clear standards on animal welfare. The agreement makes stipulations about antibiotics. They are required to meet the 100% standard for food to be imported into the EU. That will improve food safety across the globe and will address the misuse of antibiotics, which affects us all.

Before the Minister or the Taoiseach comes to the House to discuss this, Senators should stop reading the IFA press release and go and read the agreement. I am not saying it is perfect but we have two years to get improvements. Let us have an honest discussion. Let us stop playing to the audience. Addressing climate change will cost and we need to sit down and negotiate in a reasonable manner with the rest of the world to try to save the planet.