Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the proposal in the draft report by the European Parliament’s agriculture committee (details supplied); and if his Department has carried out costings for increasing funding beyond 2% in this regard. [23028/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The draft report of the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development in relation to the implementation of CAP young farmers’ tools in the EU after the 2013 reform was published on 7 December 2017.  Measures to support young farmers are a central part of the draft proposals for reform of the CAP post-2020.  In this regard my Department officials and I will continue to engage with the EU Commission and other Member States in relation to the future CAP framework, including measures to best support young farmers.

I expect the CAP proposals to be published in the very near future and my department will examine them carefully at that time.