Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

3:30 pm

Photo of Pat DeeringPat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As happened at a different committee five years ago, the genuinely active farmer has been discussed a great deal today. One question that has arisen before and will do so again is that of the productive farmer versus the not-so-productive farmer. It is a broad discussion. If the productive farmer is not incentivised, our very ambitious 2025 targets might not be achieved. What is Mr. Gleeson's view on same?

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