Brendan Smith

Indication of support for ban on wild animal circuses

Enhancement of Farm Schemes:::- TAMS on-farm investment support scheme - immediate approval for all farmers who have applied for tranches 1 & 2::- Payments in July for those farmers who have completed works under the part approvals issued earlier in the year::- Beef Data and…

That Ireland gets EU approval to pay 70% advance on the Basic Payment Scheme to help cashflow on farms::That all payments must be made on time in line with deadlines set down in the Charter of Farmers' Rights

To prevent any further diminution of competition in the purchase of cattle and sheep

To secure a targeted sheep scheme of €25m::To ensure that such a scheme has minimal costs and bureaucracy on farmers

Immediate reopening of the BDGS for new participants::To secure additional funding of €25m to increase suckler cow support

To ensure faster and move efficIent approvals in the TAMS::To ensure that payments are processed to farmers faster on completion of work under the TAMS

That the EU Producer Organisation (PO) funding would be paid to producers for 2014, out as soon as possible::That the exceptional State Aid measure allowing for a provision of short term loans to cater for liquidity gaps in the Dairy, Pigmeat, Fruit & Vegetable Sectors is…

Set out the key demands of ICMSA members in the upcoming General Election

Seek support for initiatives that will help develop the agriculture sector and in particular measures to support dairy farmers during the current serious difficulties.

Improving Farm Profitability. Measures for sustainable and profitable growth of farming must be at the core of public policy for our agriculture sector.::Sufficient funding for farm schemes to deliver annual expenditure of €580m (national and EU) under the RDP. This includes…

Greater competition on cattle prices::To address the unacceptable price gap between Irish and British cattle prices::Competition in the market place and the ABP investment in Slaney Meats / Irish Country Meats::Direct suckler cow support to reach €200 / cow / year::Increased…

Ensure that FF TDs and Candidates are aware of IFA's priority issues in advance of the General Election 2016

Annual expenditure of €580m (national and EU) under the Rural Development Plan::To include funding for: GLAS Green Low Carbon Agri-environmental Scheme;::Areas of Natural Constraint (ANCs);::Targeted Agricultural Measures (TAMs);::Beef Data and Genomics Programme…

Improve Farm Incomes::Retention of Agriculture Taxation Reliefs::Sufficient funding for schemes.