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Figure 7: Structure of Department of Enterprise, Trade and Minister for ET&E Minister of State for Trade and Minister of State for Labour Affairs Secretary General Labour Force Development Enterprise Competitiveness Division Employment Rights and Industrial Relations Enterprise, Science and Technology Corporate Services Trade, Competition and Market Rights Insurance and Company L
Agriculture The Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (D/AFRD) 23 has the clearest and most focused competence in relation to EU issues – protection of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and implementation of CAP regimes in Ireland. The sectoral nature of its policy responsibilities, in addition to the way in which CAP policy is made in Europe, facilitated a highly targeted approach to the management of EU business from the outset. Of all of the domestic departments, Agriculture, since 1973, actively continued to reorganise its structures in order to manage EU business and the Brussels interface. The significance of the CAP to Ireland and its centrality to the EU budget ensured that the D/AFRD would undergo major structural change as a result of EU membership. As a policy area, Agriculture has always held significant importance in Ireland. In 2001, the agri-food sector accounted for 10.5 per cent of Irish GDP, 10.5 per cent of employment and approximately one quarter of net foreign earnings from trade (D/AFRD, 2001, 8). Managing the boundary with Brussels is a key task of the Department. According to the 2001-2003 Departmental strategy statement, Many of the schemes operated by D/AFRD are wholly or partly funded by the EU and consequently it is essential to maintain strong effective relationships with the EU institutions and other member states. Our goals and strategies reflect the importance of the EU in all our activities (D/AFRD, 2001, 23). D/AFRD makes annual payments of some €2.41 billion through over 250 schemes (wholly or partially funded by the EU) to a wide variety of customers. The changes in the CAP, in 1992 and in Agenda 2000, had major effects on Irish agriculture and on the work of the D/AFRD. CAP reform shifted the emphasis in EU policy from market support measures to direct payments to farmers and this, together with structural fund payment reform, led to the establishment by the Department of new payment schemes and new accountability procedures. Further CAP reform, driven by the world trade negotiations, EU enlargement and reviews of the agriculture budget and key commodity sectors (e.g. cereals, milk quotas, sugar) also add to the burden of work for the Department. The nature of agricultural support is also increasingly 23 In June 2002, Rural Development was removed and moved to a new Ministry, the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.
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