Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 July 2016
695. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 5 July 2016, the proportion of the referenced €1 billion per annum that is applicable to the Irish farming sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21112/16]
View answerAs referred to previously, the figure of up to €1 billion in gains for the agriculture sector is taken from the report by the International Food Policy Research Institute, which was published in February of this year. The report evaluated the potential impact of an elimination of import duties on the conditions of competition in the EU market, based on what is known as a partial equilibrium model using data characterising the world and EU fertiliser markets. The EU was considered as a single entity, with no provision made for country-by-country breakdown. I am therefore not in a position to indicate the proportion of the gains that would accrue to the Irish agriculture sector.
