Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017
1377. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the safeguards he envisages being put in place to maintain Common Agricultural Policy payments to persons when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38516/17]
View answerI support the retention of a strong and well funded CAP and my position on this matter has been articulated at official and political level and is well understood in other Member States and in the European Commission. I will continue to work hard with my European colleagues to ensure that the CAP receives the maximum level of available funding post 2020. As regards the UK’s departure from the EU in March 2019, when the two year negotiating period expires, it is important to note that the amount of CAP funding per Member State under Pillar 1, direct payments, and Pillar 2, rural development, is fixed until 2020 in Regulations of the Council and European Parliament.
