Martin Heydon

To highlight that farms that fall within a control zone through no fault of their own currently receive no subsistence support, unlike infected premises, despite suffering clear and measurable financial losses. This creates an inequitable and unsustainable situation where…

To accept an invitation from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to participate in a sub-group of the Food Vision Tillage Group and the Agricultural Water Quality Working Group known as the Organic Nutrient Distribution Working Group.

To invite the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address the 71st IFA AGM.::To invite the Ministers of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to the 71st IFA AGM::To invite An Taoiseach to address the IFA AGM Dinner

To emphasise that additional restrictions being imposed on derogation farmers are increasingly being justified on biodiversity or habitats grounds, despite the derogation not being a Habitats Directive measure. Also, to highlight concerns that this approach lacks clarity,…

To secure the retention of the Nitrates Derogation post 2025.

To seek a postponement of the implementation date and engagement on alternative approaches that protect animal health and responsible medicine use without imposing disproportionate cost, delay, or administrative burden on farmers and licensed merchants.

To seek an increase in scheme budgets and ensure that all eligible farmers receive full payment for calves and stock submitted under the National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme and associated welfare schemes, thereby maintaining fairness, predictability, and confidence in…

To advocate for EUDR implementation that minimises administrative burden on Irish farmers, ensures proportional compliance requirements based on deforestation risk, and recognises Ireland’s low deforestation risk profile.

To ensure coordinated, timely action to monitor and manage Bluetongue risk, minimise disruption to livestock trade, and protect the financial and operational interests of farmers.

Meeting with TD's in relation to farm related matters.

To secure adequate funding for the Sheep Welfare Scheme, ensure farmers receive full payments for participation, and maintain incentives for effective animal health and welfare practices.

To ensure full payment under the Beef Welfare Scheme, protect the integrity and effectiveness of herd health programmes, and maintain financial viability for suckler farmers.

To ensure that any policy or legislative developments relating to GM grain fully consider farmer interests, market implications, and Ireland’s strategic positioning as a GM-free producer.

To get support for the removal of fertiliser from CBAM

Stronger EU regulations for Dogs & Cats that would encompass the following. 1. Identify and register all dogs and cats; 2. Use this Regulation as an opening for the future rules on other species that can be kept and placed on the EU market; 3. Conduct analysis and provide…