Éamon Ó Cuív
Question:68. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in progressing the CAP programme 2023-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50868/21]
View answerThursday, 21 October 2021
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As the Deputy will be aware, the preparation of Ireland’s draft CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2027 has been under way for some time. Development of the plan involves a number of stages, including SWOT analysis, needs assessment, intervention design, financial allocations, target setting (including monitoring) and governance systems. The draft CSP will also be subject to an ex-ante evaluation, Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment, all of which are currently under way.
I have, with my officials, engaged extensively with all stakeholders on the future of the CAP and on the development of the Strategic Plan. The Department has most recently completed a five-week public consultation on the proposed draft interventions, with over 1,000 responses received. Indicative funding allocations for these interventions have also been announced, and I and my officials will continue the consultation with farmers and other stakeholders on these and other elements of the Plan in the coming weeks, including through my ongoing series of mart meetings across the country and through the national Stakeholder Consultative Committee.
The Department will also be conducting a statutory and public consultation on the draft Environmental Report, including the Appropriate Assessment, on the draft CSP in November. I will seek the approval of Government in December before the submission of the plan to the European Commission by the end of the year.