Dara Calleary

Raise ACA awareness to critical issues including a Training Programme for members and access to state funded research

To seek a meeting with the newly appointed Ministers for Agriculture to highlight the environmental challenges and responses from young farmer::To increase supports to young farmers to meet the environmental challenges

To retain the young farmer scheme under CAP::Development of a CPD framework as a tool in agriculture to address farm safety issues

Raise the following issues: ACA Training Programme, Transition of GLAS and KT programmes, Reforming of AKIS in Ireland, new agri environment scheme, implementing a baseline evaluation system for Irish farms, overhaul of the forestry programme with recommendations, farmer…

To achieve compensation for beef finishers who suffered losses due to COVID-19 during the first six months of 2020.::To encourage farmers to apply for the Beef Finisher payment scheme without delay.::It is crucial that the money gets out to farmers as soon as possible and that…

Ensuring that a well funded and balanced CAP Programme is in place post 2020::That the CAP consultative meetings would address the importance of CAP and that the additional asks of farmers must be paid for. To highloght the importance of a strong CAP budget.::To note that the…

That farmers will have to be paid directly if the EU Commisison wants to implement a reduction in production to reach its biodiversity intentions::To point out that a safe supply of food for EU citizens is being taken for granted by the EU Commisison::To highlight that even if…

That applicants would receive early approval for the latest application period (tranche 17) which closed on June 5th with over 5000 applications submitted.::To make the case for the continuation of the scheme under EU CAP transitional arrangements for a further year or two until…

Meeting

Secure meeting

To correct the record - ISPCA resigned from International Greyhound Forum in January 2020 as the commitments for animal welfare made by IGB cannot deal with the actual problem in greyhound racing - the over production of greyhounds.

To seek meetings with Party leaders on the Programme for Government for discussions on key areas for the farming and food sector in a new Government::That a new Government would fight for an increased CAP Budget to cover inflation and the costs of additional asks on farmers.…

TB Eradication Programme - To highlight that TB continues to be an enormous burden on farmers and their families, compounded by the inadequate financial supports provided by your Department to farmers who have controls imposed on their farmers and exasperated by the lack of…

Urgent need to grant an emergency authorisation for the use of Diquat in desiccation of the potato crop. failure to do so will have serious effect on the future viability of the Irish potato industry.::There is considerable potential for the sector to expand particularly in the…

Agreement on GLAS and TAMS extension::On GLAS - must be simple and all payments maintained::That all 36000 contracts due to end in December 2020 and a further 12000 in December 2021 would be extended for the transition period::That the expected €135m unspent money in TAMS would…