Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-25-Speech-3-231"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-05-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Financing the common agricultural policy2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050525.22.3-231"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-25-Speech-3-2322
lpv:speaker	lp:Mairead McGUINNESS2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, we know what this is about: basically it is a technical debate. I wish to congratulate the rapporteur on her work. I suppose the technicalities of this debate will go right over the heads of many farmers. Their concerns are rather more basic. I wish to address the issue of the technicalities. It seems sensible to simplify how we operate the funds. I have some concerns about an over bureaucratic system coming into place because, at the very least, there would be more documentation required of Member States. However, if it provides for more transparency and accountability for the wider citizens of the European Union, then it is a positive development. Yet I am always concerned that having more documents does not lead to transparency. In this case I hope it does. To return to the issue for farmers, their concern, in particular with the new single farm payment regime, is to receive prompt payment of what they now call the ‘cheque in the post’, to have it delivered on time and within their production year, because it comprises such a huge proportion of their farm income. They also have concerns, which I would share, about the very severe penalties which Member States might impose on them for breaches of the regulations that are not deliberate. That has to be avoided. I wish to address specifically the issue of rural development. I know the Commissioner believes very strongly in rural development and, indeed, believes that it is the future for agriculture policy, a view shared by the OECD. The difficulty for the European Union is that while we have grand plans for rural development, we do not have the budget to fund those plans. This is an area of great concern. It is for this reason that when we all discuss the financial perspectives for 2007 to 2013, we must remember the commitments we made to farmers in the past in relation to the single farm payment, and indeed to rural development, and we must put our money where our mouths are."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Fine Gael Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; BUDG (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Mairead McGuinness (PPE–DE )."1

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