Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney for Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil’s agriculture spokesman Éamon Ó Cuív TD, Labour TD Michael McNamara and Sinn Féin’s director of elections Matt Carthy MEP joined Irish Farmers Journal editor Justin McCarthy for a live debate this Thursday night.
Have politicians done enough for the dairy, beef, sheep or tillage sectors? Are farm incomes too low? Is the CAP or RDP doing enough for farmers? Watch their answers below.
Coveney defends payment record
Coveney hopes co-ops will include tillage farmers in any new farm finance scheme