Coveney says CAP is tight but “doable”
In response to Dáil questioning by Fianna Fáil deputy Michael Moynihan, the Minister said he does not believe that the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) — Europe’s overall financial budget, of which agriculture is the largest single recipient — will be agreed on schedule for December 1, 2012.
Nonetheless, he said that the MFF can be finalised by February or March 2013, coinciding with Ireland’s six-month presidency of the EU’s agriculture commission. Mr Coveney says the timeline is tight, but “doable”, for a CAP to be agreed upon by June 2013 and implemented before January 1, 2014.
