Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Use of Commonage Lands: Discussion (Resumed) with UFA and IFA
4:05 pm
Mr. John Bryan:
It is. There are measures sought by various countries, including the Spanish and Austrians. Consider the position of the Spanish because of the 20 million hectares deemed ineligible. It is in the Presidency proposal that no country can grow the number of hectares by more than 45%. This is so the Spanish can limit all these hectares. Various countries have sought different options.