Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Upcoming CAP Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

4:00 pm

Photo of Pat DeeringPat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I have two further points. Based on our Food Wise 2025 targets, we are to increase exports by 50% by 2025. This must be balanced with our climate change targets. We have read a lot about this in recent days, obviously. Fitting all this into a new Common Agricultural Policy will be very challenging. How will we balance the environmental and food production sides of the equation?