Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the likely ending of the EU single payments scheme for farmers in 2013, with consequent extra burden on the Irish taxpayer, he intends to provide for a cross compliance requirement, as is done in England and Wales, to allow reasonable access to the countryside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20139/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Negotiations on the CAP post 2013 are at a very preliminary stage at present with a first legal text due from the European Commission in the autumn. Although it is anticipated that the Single Payment Scheme will continue, it is too early to speculate on the likely shape of the overall package and the payment model that will replace the existing scheme.