The agreement referred to represents a satisfactory outcome for Ireland and for the European Union in general. Ireland's key objectives have been met in that the agreement protects the benefits to Ireland of the recent reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy and does not require further reform of that policy.
The agreement is a framework for the remainder of the negotiations and consequently does not contain detailed commitments. These will be decided as part of the negotiation process over the next year or so. In the absence of detailed commitments, it is not possible to indicate what the full effects will be for Irish agriculture.