Public consultation to provide key role in implementation of CAP

A public consultation to provide stakeholders with an opportunity to play a key role in shaping the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy in Ireland over the next seven years will be launched shortly by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Minister of State Tom Hayes confirmed the move in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, yesterday, when opening a conference on the expansion of the dairy industry, organised by Dairy Ireland, which represents farmer discussion groups

He said the political agreement reached on a reformed CAP provides critical certainty and stability for farmers across Europe over the next seven years.