Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

A range of farmers and environmental groups have raised serious criticisms about negative environmental impacts and negative impacts for farmers from the so-called CAP simplification which the European Parliament voted for yesterday. They say that it will increase farmers vulnerability to extreme weather events, that it guts environmental standards and that it is a race to the bottom. MEPs, including from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin, rejected an amendment that sought to cap payments so that 80% of payments to farmers no longer go to just 20% of beneficiaries. Does the Government have any concerns about all of that?

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