Walsh rejects ‘no plan’ claim

AGRICULTURE Minister Joe Walsh has rejected a claim by the former Taoiseach John Burton that the present Government has no long-term plan for the future of agriculture.

Mr Walsh suggested that Mr Bruton, who made the claim in comments published in the Irish Examiner last Thursday, should look again.

Mr Walsh said that more than a year ago he initiated a State-funded study on competitiveness in Irish agriculture which was recently published. It was one of a series of studies that will inform policy formation.