— examination of the economic condition of agriculture and of its overall development, both at national and at Com­munity level, as well as in the general economic context;
— scrúdú ar chor eacnamaíochta na talmhaíochta agus ar a forbairt san iomlán, ar leibhéal náisiúnta agus Comhphobail araon, agus fós sa chomhthéacs ginearálta eacnamaíochta;