Plans for a 100 per cent convergence of CAP payments will greatly benefit Leitrim farmers according to a local MEP.
Convergence is the process to flatten the value of CAP payment entitlements and redistribute allocations.
MEP for the Region Luke 'Ming' Flanagan says a 100 percent convergence would bring equality back to the farmers across Leitrim and Roscommon.
According the Independent MEP, the plan would see farmers who are receiving payments under the average rate, find themselves raised to the national average.
While those above the average rate would see their payment reduced.
Speaking to the Joe Finnegan Show today, MEP Flanagan says 17 out of 20 farmers in Leitrim would see their payments increase.
He says 19 out of 27 EU states have enacted 100 percent convergence in CAP payments:
