Agriculture Committee Chairman to engage in wide-ranging briefings on CAP reform

The series of high-level meetings take place in and around the Danish Parliament on Thursday and Friday, 7 and 8 June, as part of the current EU Presidency, which is being hosted by Denmark.

Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee Andrew Doyle TD says: “In a decisive period for the Common Agricultural Policy, the conference provides a valuable opportunity for parliamentarians, academics and officials from across the European Union to share their perspectives on CAP reform.

“The wide-ranging programme in Copenhagen is heavily focussed on upcoming challenges associated with CAP and includes presentations on dairy farming, the greening proposals, organic farming and the implications for CAP reform on the developing world.

“With Ireland hosting the EU Presidency in the first six months of 2013, our Committee is acutely aware of the importance of the upcoming CAP negotiations for Ireland. A key priority for the Committee, we last month discussed the subject in detail with farming organisations, Irish MEPs and department officials. I intend, on behalf of the Committee, to feed Irish perspectives on CAP reform into the discussions in the coming days.”

View programme via the Danish Parliament’s website.

For further information please contact:

Paul Hand,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
P: +353 1 618 4484
M: +353 87 694 9926

Committee Membership

Deputies
Tom Barry, Fine Gael
Michael Colreavy, Sinn Fein
Pat Deering, Fine Gael
Andrew Doyle, Fine Gael
Martin Ferris, Sinn Fein
Noel Harrington, Fine Gael
Martin Heydon, Fine Gael
Colm Keaveney, Labour Party
Mattie McGrath, Independent
Michael McNamara, Labour Party
Michael Moynihan, Fianna Fail
Éamon Ó Cuív, Fianna Fail
John O’Mahony, Fine Gael
Ann Phelan, Labour Party
Thomas Pringle, Independent

Senators
Michael Comiskey
Paschal Mooney
Pat O’Neill
Mary Ann O’Brien
Brian Ó Domhnaill
John Whelan