Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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We all remember when the farming community highlighted the issues relating to the CAP in their protest in October. This aid programme is very important and I hope that during our Presidency it will be to the forefront in our considerations on this area. Ireland's overseas aid programme is approximately €639 million and the EU aid's programme is €3.3 billion and, therefore, any significant cut in the EU aid programme would have a huge impact on people in the Third World. I ask that this be kept to the forefront in next week's negotiations.