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
Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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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?