Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I agree that the Minister and her officials are actively engaged in the negotiation of the CAP strategic plan and want things to start next January. We also know that we need to plan for the future. There have been previous occasions where we have not been ready to go and it may happen again, when everything is not in place. Some companies just will not have administrative funding. Jobs and the continuity of programmes will be at risk.

We are running over time, so I will not keep going. I will give the Minister the last few seconds to respond. This is a concern.

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