Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources

3:15 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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Yes, that is the point. I appreciate that it has to be decided and agreed to, but the preparatory work sees a cut of between 5% and 10% for the CAP. How do we square that with an increase in military spending at the same time? Why is the military budget not being cut?