Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wish to object on the basis that we will have such a limited debate on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP. Our group will have six minutes, which will be inadequate for such a serious issue. The debate on fishing has also been pruned, although I know that is being done to allow for other important matters. Both of these industries are under the aegis of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. We need a proper, meaningful and thorough debate on CAP and its implications for Ireland and Irish farmers. We want more time. Groups like ours, the Rural Independent Group, have just six minutes each. The fishing industry has been wiped out. Fishers will come to Dublin next week to protest, and rightly so.

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