Seanad debates

Wednesday, 2 July 2003

Common Agricultural Policy: Statements.

 

Farm incomes have fallen dramatically in recent years because of cuts already imposed through agricultural reforms such as Agenda 2000. This decline will speed up alarmingly, as I have outlined, with a €7,500 decrease in dairy farmers' income. Some 48% of earned income on farms comes from off-farm sources while 44% comes from farming.

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