Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the previous CAP, we availed of the maximum possible discretion available to us in terms of capping. That was €150,000. The numbers of people getting substantially high payments, less than €150,000, or if we add in greening, more than €150,000, are small. This is a headline and emotive issue. I do accept it does reputational damage to the CAP. They anger and annoy people. We will have greater discretion to deal with that than we were able to. However, it should not blind us to the fact that we have been on a substantial journey in redistribution generally, to the tune of €100 million, from those who have higher payments to those who have lower payments. That direction of travel will continue.