Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

3:30 pm

Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

Again from an administrative point of view, a flat rate per hectare would be simple. We have a system that works pretty well at the moment but a flat rate would certainly be a simplification. I am not sure it would be a simplification that everybody would embrace with open arms.