Bid to increase Irish submissions to CAP debate after initial poor response

A LATE push is being made to encourage more Irish submissions to the European Commission debate on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.

The public debate which Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Dacian Ciolos launched on April 12 will remain open until Thursday.

But the number of responses from Ireland up to the end of last week was a mere 15 out of a total of 2,300 from across the European Union.