John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is mandatory under the proposed regulations for the Common Agricultural Policy 2014-2020 to divide the country into regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55989/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The CAP reform proposals provide an option for Member States to apply a regional approach but there is no obligation on Member States to do so.