Charlie McConalogue

To secure exceptional aid funding for pig farmers where appeal to receive payment from the scheme is declined.

To inform the Minister for Agriculture that the recommendations made by EFSA are very damaging towards the Poultry and need to be be seriously challenged.::To emphasise the importance of maintaining thresholds at current levels for IED which include pig and poultry farms only.

To highlight that the sheep sector in Ireland is at a critical point with market prices failing to reflect the production cost increases farmers have had to endure over the past two years.::- The income levels on sheep farms last year dropped to just €7/ewe, which included the…

Ensure understanding of business position on progress and developments for the dairy industry with regards to Genomics

Ensure understanding of business position on progress and developments with regards to sustainability within the dairy sector

Minister to attend and speak at the Veterinary Ireland Annual General Meeting and Conference, 24th November 2023, Mullingar Park Hotel.

A meeting to discuss Veterinary Ireland's concerns with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.::To brief the Minister on Veterinary Ireland concerns on Anti-Microbial / Anti-Parasitic Resistance, the duration of prescriptions, reduction of competition, the National…

The restoration of financial assistance from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to Private Veterinary Practitioners for capital expenditure associated with the Animal Health Computer System.::The restoration of the annual support package from the Department of…

To seek the retention of the maximum stocking rate under the nitrates derogation and gain recognition for the efforts and initiatives by farmers to improve and address water quality.

To recommend that evaluation efforts are afforded to the degree to which administrative simplification has been achieved under the CSP, both from perspectives of beneficiaries and administrating authorities. Feedback to date has been that the current Common Agricultural…

To highlight the flaws in the 220KGN/ha as opposed to the 250kgN/ha.::That IFA propose a 2 year trend assessment::Two data points are insufficient to establish a trend and it ignores the influence of lag times.::To highlight how the 2 year review ignores recently introduced…

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 that the catch-crop grazing requirements introduced by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, without proper consultation or communication with farmers are impractical.::To seek a further review and immediate introduction of practical solutions. These…

To highlight that the new National Beef Welfare Scheme (NBWS) announced by the Minister for Agriculture is a support for service providers, not farmers.::To demonstrate that this is a poorly designed scheme. The payment per farmer is far too low and on too few cows. Most of it…

To highlight how many tillage farmers are facing into a serious loss-making situation, with feed spring barley and winter wheat incurring significant losses per acre, particularly on rented land.::To demonstrate that analysis completed by IFA shows that a 2.6t/ac spring feed…