Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 March 2022
769. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that on page 235 of the draft CAP report his Department has opted not to extend the permanent grassland definition to cover, for example, heather dominated sward; if this was a clerical error; if this can be rectified and the definition made more inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12666/22]
View answerI can confirm that, in the version of Ireland's draft CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 as submitted to the European Commission, there is a clerical error in section 4.1.2.4.6 (Decision regarding the inclusion of other species, such as shrubs and/or trees, which could be grazed and/or which produce animal feed, where grasses and other herbaceous forage are traditionally not predominant or are absent in grazing areas). The entry in this optional dialogue box should read "yes, heather species". The Department has notified the European Commission of this honest error.
