Taoiseach says climate action the best way to protect CAP budget
Farmers will need to be incentivised to move into other areas of agriculture that are better for climate change as part of the next CAP, An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the best way to protect the CAP budget is by having a strong environmental and climate action component to it.
Marrying the need to protect the incomes of farmers with environmental and climate action was Ireland’s “best chance to protect the budget for CAP”. The Taoiseach said having two objectives rather than one was the often best way to succeed in budgetary negotiations.
He said more investment would be required in schemes like GLAS in which 60,000 farmers are taking part. Funding should also be provided for diversification and “incentivising farmers financially to move into areas of agriculture that are better in terms of climate change”.
ADVERTISEMENT
Varadkar said Ireland was building alliances with like-minded countries, such as France and many Mediterranean and central eastern European countries.
CAP funding
He was responding to the issue of CAP funding and reform, which was raised by Deputy Michael Moynihan. He said it would be Ireland’s top priority when it came to negotiating the new seven-year European budget.
He said: “The Government has stated that we are willing to increase our direct contribution to the EU budget, but only if important programmes like CAP, Erasmus+, Horizon 2020 and others are protected.”
This content is available to digital subscribers and loyalty code users only. Sign in to your account, use the code or subscribe to get unlimited access.
The reader loyalty code gives you full access to the site from when you enter it until the following Wednesday at 9pm. Find your unique code on the back page of Irish Country Living every week.
CODE ACCEPTED
You have full access to the site until next Wednesday at 9pm.
CODE NOT VALID
Please try again or contact support.
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the best way to protect the CAP budget is by having a strong environmental and climate action component to it.
Marrying the need to protect the incomes of farmers with environmental and climate action was Ireland’s “best chance to protect the budget for CAP”. The Taoiseach said having two objectives rather than one was the often best way to succeed in budgetary negotiations.
He said more investment would be required in schemes like GLAS in which 60,000 farmers are taking part. Funding should also be provided for diversification and “incentivising farmers financially to move into areas of agriculture that are better in terms of climate change”.
Varadkar said Ireland was building alliances with like-minded countries, such as France and many Mediterranean and central eastern European countries.
CAP funding
He was responding to the issue of CAP funding and reform, which was raised by Deputy Michael Moynihan. He said it would be Ireland’s top priority when it came to negotiating the new seven-year European budget.
He said: “The Government has stated that we are willing to increase our direct contribution to the EU budget, but only if important programmes like CAP, Erasmus+, Horizon 2020 and others are protected.”
If you would like to speak to a member of our team, please call us on 01-4199525.
Link sent to your email address
We have sent an email to your address. Please click on the link in this email to reset your password. If you can't find it in your inbox, please check your spam folder. If you can't find the email, please call us on 01-4199525.
ENTER YOUR LOYALTY CODE:
The reader loyalty code gives you full access to the site from when you enter it until the following Wednesday at 9pm. Find your unique code on the back page of Irish Country Living every week.
SHARING OPTIONS