Smith rejects claims CAP debate not getting deserved attention

A SUGGESTION by Ireland South MEP Alan Kelly that the debate on the Common Agricultural Policy was not getting the attention it deserved has been rejected by Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister Brendan Smith.

Mr Kelly told a conference which he hosted in the Tipperary Institute, Thurles, last Friday, that the CAP silence here is deafening.

“The debate is already well under way in Europe so we need to start talking ourselves,” he told delegates.