Joe Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 99: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the EU Agriculture Commissioner's stated aim to place a ceiling on the amount of subsidies single land owners can receive; when this ceiling is expected to be discussed at the European Council of Ministers; when it is discussed, if she will indicate her approval of such a ceiling; when it is expected to be implemented; the likely effect on Irish landowners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24617/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I am aware that reference was made by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development in a recent speech to the possibility that a ceiling would be introduced on the amount of subsidies a single landowner could receive. No proposals have been made by the Commission to this effect and I have no further details of the Commissioner's intention to submit such a proposal to the Council of Ministers.