I will list the priorities in this sector, which colleagues may deal with later. They are CAP reform, fair trade and ensuring young farmers gain control of the land although not necessarily land ownership. This will take innovative and imaginative thinking not only by the Minister's Department but by people in the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioner on how to make that happen and to encourage it. Some tax incentives are good, although not all are. We should examine the granting of enhanced stock relief if we are to have a level of expansion, otherwise people will have a paper profit with a tax bill that bears no relation to their income. These are practical measures that must be examined across the Departments. Sectoral development is also required.

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