Campaign to ensure politicians resist CAP regionalisation proposals

IFA officers from all around the country are lobbying TDs and senators to resist CAP reform proposals on flattening and regionalisation, in advance of a protest planned for Dublin Castle next Tuesday.

Campaign to ensure politicians   resist CAP  regionalisation proposals

With the Farm Council set to convene in Dublin next week, the IFA is urging politicians to support the flexbilities which were secured for Ireland at the council’s last meeting in March — outcomes which were described at the time as “a watershed moment” by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

IFA president John Bryan said: “Any backtracking on this will be a watershed moment for his credibility. The minister for agriculture must stand his ground and insist that the flexibilities agreed at the March meeting, which did not include a minimum payment, are retained in the final deal.”

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