Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)

Two other issues that relate to the Common Agricultural Policy are beginning to move centre stage. I refer to the issues of energy security and climate change. Is the Minister exploring the possibility that additional funding for Irish agriculture could be secured, if not through the CAP process itself, through related initiatives? Is that an option? In the context of the political impetus at EU level to address the issues of climate change and energy security, is it possible that we would be rewarded for having a model of agricultural production with a low carbon base?

See this speech in context