Walsh strongly defends CAP reform

A ROAD map for the future support and development of Irish agriculture will be decided in the weeks ahead, following EU agreement to radically reform the CAP.

Agriculture Minister Joe Walsh said he believed Ireland has got the very best menu of options now available.

“In a few weeks times, when the European Commission has finalised the legal texts. I will sit down with the farming organisations and we will decide on the road map,” he said.