EU to give young farmers grants

Macra na Feirme have welcomed today's confirmation by the Department of Agriculture, that the EU Commission's technical working group on the Fischler proposals, have agreed to grant entitlements to young farmers who entered farming since January 1, 2000.

Macra's Agricultural Affairs Committee Chairman, Mr Raymond Brady said that the resolution of this issue had been one of Macra's key demands in recent meetings with Dr Franz Fischler, Minister Walsh and EU Commission official Dr Tassos Haniotis.