Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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On a related issue, there are concerns about EU cohesion funding and agriculture spending, in particular, a conflict of interest with regard to the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP. The European Court of Auditors has cited its concerns about the identification of conflicts of interest and stated that self-declarations are not necessarily the most reliable way of achieving full transparency. I do not believe anybody will dispute the concerns about self-declaration of a conflict of interest, which are not mandatory in all countries in the first place. How concerned is Ms O'Reilly about that?