Dr. Aisling Murtagh:

Dr. Farrell has covered a great deal of what we need to see in the next CAP. I just want to pick up something the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach said about lifestyle, which is a very important point. Female farmers need to gain more recognition within the young farmer cohort. There is also a group of people we looked at in a previous Horizon Europe project that was trying to attract new people to rural areas. There is this idea of new entrants to farming, people with no previous connection to agriculture or rural areas who have a drive and interest in having a livelihood that is imbedded in nature. There is a cohort of people who need support. Access to land is the greatest barrier. There are examples across Europe of innovative measures that have supported new entrants. In France, for example, certain organisations buy land specifically to try to give those people with no previous family connection to farming-----