Heydon: Ireland needs flexibility to design CAP schemes
Ireland's Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon, says member states need flexibility to design country-specific schemes under the EU's Common Agricultural Policy.
Martin Heydon, Ireland's Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, said on Tuesday, November 3, that member states, including Ireland, need "flexibility" to design schemes under the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). In his view, these schemes should be specific to each country.
The CAP is the EU's system of farm support, and its instruments affect farmers in every member state.
Heydon spoke as a member of the EU Council of Ministers, the body in which national ministers are represented. He made the remarks at a high-level event. The available source excerpt gives no further details about the event or about what else the minister said.
The position signals that Ireland wants greater room for manoeuvre when tailoring CAP support to the needs of its own agriculture.
