Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Leaving that aside, the Government has already indicated its position on the new EU budget, which will not kick in until 2021. We have given our very strong view that CAP and other well-functioning programmes like Erasmus and Horizon should not be cut. Our negotiating position will be that there should be no cut in CAP payments to farmers. We have indicated that this country is willing to increase its contribution to the EU budget to protect these well-funded programmes, as long as other countries are willing to do likewise. We will work with our allies across the Union to achieve that.

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