IFA accuses Blair of misrepresentation

ONLY €1 out of every €100 of European taxpayers’ money goes to agriculture and food, according to the Irish Farmers Association (IFA).

Yesterday the IFA accused British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown of seriously misrepresenting the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

IFA leader John Dillon told EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel and Minister Mary Coughlan as well as Irish agri-business leaders at a function in Dublin that this is a small price to pay for supporting the European farming and food industry.