Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are extending into matters that will be raised in further questions with regard to the CAP and the CAP fund. If the Deputy will be here, we will deal with that then.

I agree that if one will grow agri-production from €11 billion to €19 billion and primary producers do not feel that they have an interest, skin in the game and a viable future, one does not have any other industry. I know that from my background at the coalface. It is really important that we reassure: that is the purpose. It was Deputy McConalogue's colleague, the then Minister of State, Deputy Brendan Smith, who brought in Food Harvest 2020. It is important that we build on that continuous process to engage, through the various different beef and dairy forums, to build this understanding between all players in each sector and then collectively as a sector itself.

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