Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the bilateral meetings he has had since 1 January 2018 with his EU counterparts in which he discussed CAP funding post-2020; and the date of each meeting in which this was raised in tabular form. [19780/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Since January 2018, I have held six bilateral meetings with EU Agriculture Ministers. The shape of the CAP Post 2020 was a significant feature of the discussion on each occasion (see table for details). Recent meetings with the German Minister on 2 May and the French Minister on 3 May coincided with the publication of the European Commission's Multi Annual Financial Framework (MFF) proposals on 2 May. I used these meetings to outline my concerns these MFF proposals will have on the CAP.

Additional meetings are scheduled to take place with my counterparts from Poland, Romania and Belgium over the next few weeks.

In addition to these formal bilateral meetings, I regularly meet my Ministerial counterparts at the monthly Agri-Fish Council meetings, and will have a further opportunity to discuss the future of the CAP at the forthcoming informal Council meeting in Sofia on 5 June.

My Department officials are also having regular and constructive engagement with their EU counterparts.

Bilateral meetings since January 2018 where CAP Post 2020 was discussed