Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to return to an issue the Taoiseach tried to brush off when it was raised by my colleague, Deputy Carthy, and to ask him two questions. Will he confirm to the House that the CAP budget is to be cut by 9% in constant prices compared with the last seven-year multi-annual financial framework, MFF? Can he answer "Yes" or "No"? Is it a matter of fact that there will be a 9% cut compared with the last seven-year MFF?

The Commission's original recovery proposal was for a €15 billion package for rural development. That has been halved to €7.5 billion. Will the Taoiseach confirm that is the case?

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