Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-14-Speech-2-337-000"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Liam Aylward2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CULT (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AGRI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Fianna Fáil Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, firstly I would like to thank the rapporteur Jim Nicholson for the great work he has done on this report. The crisis in the dairy sector in 2009 highlighted the severe vulnerability of this sector and clearly demonstrated that it is essential that a degree of stability and certainty is established for dairy farmers when quotas are abolished in 2015. Just as my colleague Ms McGuinness has already said about Ireland, as we progress towards the abolition of quotas a very worrying situation is developing for dairy farmers, and the threat of a superlevy is present year on year. The Commission has conceded that, in Member States where milk deliveries exceed quotas, a soft landing may not be guaranteed. The milk quota for Ireland and the threat of a superlevy are hampering growth opportunities for the Irish agricultural sector. Overall milk production in the European Union is 6% under the quota, and it is an unsustainable situation that while Irish dairy farmers can meet the EU quota overall, due to inflexibility they will be penalised and the potential for growth held back. Agriculture is currently one of the strongest sectors in Ireland, helping us out of our current economic problems, yet its potential is constrained with a one-size-fits-all policy that is not working for dairy farmers. It is clear, therefore, that there is no widespread political will to revisit the Health Check decisions, yet I would urge the Commission to consider measures to ensure a soft landing for all Member States and to consider introducing a degree of flexibility into the system for dairy farmers."@en1
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