EU Commissioner To Address Dáil Committee On Farming Matters

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Farmers will be hoping to receive clarity on CAP post-2020 today, as EU Commissioner Phil Hogan addresses a joint Oireachtas committee meeting.

Hogan, who’s Ireland’s European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, will speak in front of the two committees later.

The reform of CAP post-2020, EU trade policy, the challenge of Brexit and the Rural Development and LEADER programmes are expected to dominate the talks.

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Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey, who’s the chair of the Oireachtas Rural & Community Development Committee, says he’ll be asking the tough questions of the commissioner.