Jackie Cahill
Ceist:25. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his approach to implementing the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51686/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 21 October 2021
Ceisteanna (25)
Freagraí scríofa
I have, with my officials, engaged extensively with all stakeholders on the future of the CAP and on the development of the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2027.
The Department has most recently completed a five-week public consultation on the proposed draft interventions, with over 1,000 responses received. As the Deputy is aware, I have also been meeting farmers across the country through a series of mart meetings, and will continue to do so in the coming weeks.
Consultation on the development of the plan will also continue through the Stakeholder Consultative Committee, which is comprised of representatives of the main farm bodies, NGOs, industry, and academia, as well as the relevant Government departments and agencies.
The Committee has met on more than twenty occasions, most recently in the form of a workshop on the so-called "green architecture" of the CAP on 30 September.
The Oireachtas has also received regular updates on the CAP negotiations at official and Ministerial level.
The Department will also be conducting a statutory and public consultation on the draft Environmental Report on the draft CSP later this year.
I will take the outcome of these consultations into consideration before seeking the approval of Government and submitting Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 to the European Commission by the deadline of 1st January 2022.