Alice-Mary Higgins

To encourage politicians to take steps to resolve the issue before it has a negative impact on the Irish horticultural sector.

To raise awareness of the need to prioritise dog welfare and control policies in the Programme for Government.

To highlight that the budget of the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine is reduced from €2.14bn to €1.94bn, a 10% reduction. This is a long way short of what is required to bolster a sector which is struggling with high input costs, lower commodity prices and…

Continue to raise awareness of Coillte’s new forestry strategic vision and related updates, progress land use initiatives and improve understanding of same, engage on the Shareholder Letter of Expectation and related matters, and seek to expedite consent requests.

To highlight the growing concern among farmers regarding the potential health and safety risk posed by infected ash trees to road users, but also for themselves as the felling of infected trees is very challenging and poses significant safety risks.::To emphasise that a support…

To highlight how the New Ash Dieback Scheme must compensate for loss of timber asset.::To require a 100% reconstitution grant for all infected plantations, enabling forest owners to clearfell and replant with tree species that satisfy their management objectives.::To propose…

To highlight how successive Government policies have restricted eligible land, eroded productive area, increased the regulatory burden and have made farmers wary of committing their land. The risks associated with planting have become too great.::To emphasise that the Government…

INHFA outlined the severe implications the Regulation would have on farmers and rural Ireland. INHFA is looking for further review as it is to the detriment of farming, food security and rural Ireland if implemented.

Adherence to the rule of law, public procurement standards, and modern corporate governance standards.

To secure Government investment in new technologies available to combat agriculture emissions

Advocacy to secure a national Common Agriculture Policy Strategic Plan that supports farmers to reverse farmland bird declines, addresses agricultural pollution of rivers and lakes, and greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture::Advocacy to secure a robust breeding wader scheme…

To brief the members of these Oireachtas Committees on Devenish's research work on human health and sustainable agriculture.

The following is the Summary of the IFA Submission to the public consultation on the Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland::- The draft River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) will have significant implications for farmers across all sectors of Irish Agriculture.::- IFA…

Ensure sustainable agriculture practices are adopted as part of Ireland's response to the climate and biodiversity crisis

To ensure that cattle price returns are in line with the EU/UK average and to ensure that farmers get a fair price for their cattle to ensure a income as they are encountering severe income difficulties as a result of the falling prices.::A comprehensive package of market…