Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Aontaím go hiomlán le mo chomhleacaí go bhfuil géarghá le díospóireacht maidir le cúrsaí CAP agus mar sin de. Ach ar dtús, ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil le peileadóirí Chumann Peile Naomh Bríd, Roscomáin, as ucht an chraobh a thabhairt siar, thar An tSionann leo. Ba mhaith liom freisin comhghairdeas a ghabháil le iománaithe Chumann Naomh Thomáis a thug leo an chraobh iománaíochta siar go Gaillimh. Gabhaim comhghairdeas le foireann rugbaí ban na hÉireann as an éacht a rinne siadsan chomh maith.

I would certainly welcome a good robust debate on CAP in the Seanad. We would have a good debate on the proposals here because we welcome and accept the need to redistribute the CAP funding more equitably among farmers. Sinn Féin supports more equitable support of the smaller, rural farmers. We also hope that during that debate the Minister would be able to honour his commitment to limiting CAP payments to ¤100,000, with a view to lowering those payments to ¤50,000 by 2019.