Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have the figures for the previous programme in front of me. Effectively, it was just under €2.5 billion from Europe and just over €2.3 billion from the Exchequer, so it was a 53:47 split. Can the Minister confirm he will match that in percentage terms and stop trying to obfuscate? People are concerned that, under the environmental programme in particular, the payment could be much more skewed than that. Will the Minister confirm that the Exchequer funding will be at least 45%? Why not make the decision now? Why put it off? He has to work on a multi-annual framework in any event.

Will the Minister confirm that the second payment of the single farm payment this year under the new multi-annual financial framework will be reduced by just under 5% due to the new MFF? Will the Minister confirm there will be a cap on payments per hectare in the single payment? Will he explain the position on variable greening versus flat greening? What justification can he give concerning his preference for variable greening?

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