Written answers
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken to his other EU colleagues regarding CAP post 2020. [4598/18]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Discussions on the future of CAP post-2020 have been afoot since the middle of 2016 at many forums. Since then, CAP post 2020 has been discussed at Agri Fish Councils and Bilateral meetings on several occasions.
Since the publication of the Commission’s CAP Communication in November 2017, CAP Post 2020 was discussed at the Agri Fish Council meeting in December 2017. Also in December, 2017 France organised a Conference on the future of CAP where France invited a number of Ministers to attend and speak including Ireland, Spain, Poland, Austria, Estonia and the Netherlands.
My Department is currently reviewing the CAP Communication published by the European Commission in November 2017, in advance of legislative provisions to be presented by the Commission in mid 2018. It is also expected that Multi Annual Financial Framework proposals will be presented in May 2018.
The CAP binds the members of the European Union in a collective commitment to food security, environmental sustainability, and the protection of farm families and rural communities. My officials have and will continue to engage with officials in all Member States with whom we have a deep and long lasting relationship.
I look forward to working with the institutions of the European Union and with all my Ministerial colleagues to deliver the best possible Common Agricultural Policy for the citizens of the European Union into the future.
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