Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 February 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector

9:00 am

Photo of Bobby AylwardBobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have a few quick questions. I want to ask about the young farmers and the national reserve. There was provision of €24 million in 2015 for young farmers from the national reserve. There was no funding in 2016. Can the witness explain why that happened? What is the Department thinking about in the future?

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