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January 13, 2021 1:44 pm
Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture Matt Carthy feels that the government’s agriculture priorities are “all wrong” as the food processing sector is set to receive €100 million.
Yesterday evening (Tuesday, January 12), Minister Simon Coveney announced that Ireland is to get €1.05 billion under the EU’s Brexit Adjustment Reserve – which amounts to 25% of the fund that will be available this year.
It is now up to the Irish government to justify that money by putting a package together – “which certainly all isn’t going to be allocated to agriculture or fishing, but both agriculture and the agri-food industry will certainly be part of that plan I suspect”.