Claire Kerrane

Informing stakeholders about Irish forestry issues, policies and programmes; and seeking greater improvements within the sector.

To set out ICMSA key concerns on agriculture policy.

Inform Oireachtas Agricultural Committee Members of HSI Strategic Priorities for 2023 and 2024 including policy relating to development of Irish equine industry.

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…

Ensure that industry views on the proposed legislation were understood

Increased investment and support for the Irish forest sector

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…

Support for the establishment of a new school of veterinary medicine in Ireland that is appropriately accredited to the highest industry standards.

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…

Clarification on reconciliation

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 call for a ban on below cost selling/procurement of food and that the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022 be amended to address this.::To suggest that the following clauses be inserted as (7), (8) and (9) in Clause 61 of the Bill::(7) The Agri-food Unfair Trading…

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 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…

Extend slurry spreading season