Charlie McConalogue

To call on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure that all farmers who applied for the new liming programme are accepted into the scheme in full.::To highlight that farmers are keen to improve on-farm efficiencies and their environmental footprint. There is…

To have the ICSA pre-budget submission taken into account by the Ministers for Finance, Agriculture and Public Expenditure

To get emergency funding from the Brexit reserve for the sheep sector for 23-24 and to get an increased payment under the sheep improvement scheme and a payment for wool management under the longer term

To achieve another support scheme in addition to the SCEP

To ensure that payments of EU EAGGF and Rural Development Funds are paid on time this year and in future years. (Covering Schemes such as BISS, CRISS, Eco Scheme, ANC, and all Pillar 2 schemes

To ensure that farmers are properly funded to continue the BVD propgramme, and to ensure that targeted funding is available for an IBR programme but not through the Beef Welfare Scheme

To secure a strong EU Nature Restoration Law so that we can address the biodiversity and climate crises and secure ecosystem services from nature. ::To ensure that government agrees to set up a new nature restoration fund to restore habitats and species on land and in the sea.

To participate in the Food Vision 2030 Tillage Group.::To develop the Tillage sector to take advantage of potential growth in the high value food and drink markets.::To increase domestic production of grain and protein crops for the livestock industry, while also identifying…

That a derogation of the herbicide Diquat is secured for this season to ensure that the potato sector remains a viable enterprise for growers.::To highlight that the decommissioning of Diquat will have significant detrimental effects on the potato sector including::- Further…

To discuss the National Genotyping Programme with the Minister for Agriculture.::To seek information on the progress of the National Genotyping Programme.

To call on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to extend the May 15th deadline for the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) fencing actions and the establishment of winter bird food crop to ease some of the pressure on farmers.::To emphasise that farmers…

Nature Restoration Law::- to highlight how the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law will have a negative effect on the rural economy and the future of Irish Farming. These proposals are being driven from the EU without any clear data or impact assessment.::- to insist that the…

To emphasise how the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) reference costings must reflect prevailing market prices.::To establish from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers can expect to receive approvals re Targeted Agricultural…

To highlight that Ireland's beef sector is the largest farm sector by farmer number with over 100,000 farmers involved.::To emphasise that the single most important component of this sector is the suckler herd with 60,000 farms. The sector generated €2.52bn in export value for…

To highlight how, although demand for beef is strong, this is not being reflected in the prices paid by factories to the farmers.::To highlight how the prices being offered by the factories are not consistent with the breakeven price projected by Teagasc for the year to date,…