Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

CAP Reform and Related Matters: Discussion

2:30 pm

Photo of Michael ComiskeyMichael Comiskey (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister. Coming from a Border county, north County Leitrim, I am interested in co-operation on animal health issues between the North and the South. The movement of animals is somewhat restrictive. It is possible to buy sheep from a farm in the North, but there are difficulties when one buys them at a mart. This is a matter about which I am contacted regularly. It is important to loosen the restrictions.

I welcome the Minister’s comments on rural poverty. I assume it is much the same between the North and the South. We need to encourage younger people to get involved in farming. This, in turn, will help to tackle the issue of rural isolation.

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