Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if special cases will be made in the ongoing Common Agricultural Policy negotiations for small islands situated in EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26958/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Commission proposals for CAP reform do not make special provisions for small islands situated in the EU. In the course of negotiations to agree a general approach of the Council a small number of Member States made a case for special treatment for small islands in relation to various aspects of the reform, notably in regard to rural development measures. However this was firmly resisted by the EU Commission and the majority of Member States.