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The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, today welcomed what he described as a positive and useful discussion with his Member State colleagues on three elements of the CAP reform package on which there are...

At today’s meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers, Minister Coveney reported back to his colleagues on recent discussions with the European....

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has described as a watershed moment today’s agreement by European Agriculture Ministers of a Council position on the reform of the CAP. Following marathon talks in Brussels, Ministers this evening accepted

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, today welcomed what he considered a very helpful step forward...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine today underlined the importance of today’s EU budget agreement for Irish farmers. The deal guarantees funding of over €1.5 billion per year for Ireland from the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP)...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, is on a visit to the three Baltic Member States this week. The visit is part of Ireland’s preparations for the Presidency of the EU from January to June next year when Minister Coveney will chair...

In preparation for Ireland’s Presidency of the EU, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, will travel today on a visit to three European capitals – Berlin, Rome and Budapest for a...

Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, today urged colleagues in all three EU institutions to get on with the task of CAP reform. “The new Financial Framework for the EU budget...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, welcomed his Finnish counterpart Jari Koskinen to Dublin on Friday last. The Ministers had extensive discussions about...

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney today commented today on the legal proposals presented by the European Commission on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy. The Minister said “It is good that the legal...