Whatever Irish farmers require financially in the event of a no-deal Brexit will be delivered by the Government in the form of state assistance and European assistance, Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed said on Thursday night.
Speaking on Prime Time he said whatever requirement there is financially to assist the farmer to maintain our product on shelves will be provided through state and European support.
Resources
“The Irish Government and the European Union stand ready to deploy whatever resources are necessary to protect our biggest indigenous industry, which is our agricultural sector.
“Whether [a farmer] is in dairy or beef or sheepmeat or pork or other commodity areas, agriculture is a damage limitation exercise in the case of Brexit. There is no upside.
“What I see as the critical issue for Government is to make sure that, in the chaos that could envelope in the weeks and months after a crash-out Brexit, our product remains on the supermarket shelves in the UK,” he said.
It will be many many hundreds of millions of euro
Minister Creed said that the requirements Ireland will have access to will be in the form of state aids, EU aid and financial assistance to primary producers.
“Whatever requirement there is financially to support the farmer and product to maintain our product on shelves will be delivered in the form of state assistance and European assistance.
“Whatever we will deploy is whatever is necessary in conjunction with the EU. It will be many many hundreds of millions of euro,” he said.
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Whatever Irish farmers require financially in the event of a no-deal Brexit will be delivered by the Government in the form of state assistance and European assistance, Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed said on Thursday night.
Speaking on Prime Time he said whatever requirement there is financially to assist the farmer to maintain our product on shelves will be provided through state and European support.
Resources
“The Irish Government and the European Union stand ready to deploy whatever resources are necessary to protect our biggest indigenous industry, which is our agricultural sector.
“Whether [a farmer] is in dairy or beef or sheepmeat or pork or other commodity areas, agriculture is a damage limitation exercise in the case of Brexit. There is no upside.
“What I see as the critical issue for Government is to make sure that, in the chaos that could envelope in the weeks and months after a crash-out Brexit, our product remains on the supermarket shelves in the UK,” he said.
It will be many many hundreds of millions of euro
Minister Creed said that the requirements Ireland will have access to will be in the form of state aids, EU aid and financial assistance to primary producers.
“Whatever requirement there is financially to support the farmer and product to maintain our product on shelves will be delivered in the form of state assistance and European assistance.
“Whatever we will deploy is whatever is necessary in conjunction with the EU. It will be many many hundreds of millions of euro,” he said.
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