Martin Heydon

Macra called for immediate and decisive action to support young farmers, warning that waiting until CAP 2028 is simply too late given the current level of uncertainty facing the sector.

To secure a further review and increase of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) compensation rates to ensure payments more accurately reflect current market values and the full economic losses experienced by suckler farmers, and to maintain regular updating of animal health support…

To improve transparency and predictability in beef pricing mechanisms, ensuring farmers receive timely and reliable market signals to support production planning decisions, and to seek greater accountability from processors on price formation and recent market volatility…

To secure the establishment of a new, additional and ringfenced long-term funding stream to support the implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Law, ensuring that funding is separate from CAP resources and that participation for farmers is genuinely voluntary, financially…

To secure a Government-led emergency response package to address the surge in fuel and fertiliser costs affecting agricultural production, including targeted fiscal relief measures, EU-level intervention on fertiliser supply and pricing, and formal recognition of primary food…

To secure additional, ring-fenced funding to support bluetongue vaccination alongside existing herd health measures, ensuring that farmers are not required to displace other essential vaccinations within the Beef Welfare Scheme, and to review scheme financing so that animal…

To ensure that the implementation of the revised TB eradication programme is accompanied by fair and adequate compensation for affected farmers, continued engagement on income supports and hardship measures, and effective delivery of wildlife control actions as part of a…

To secure enhanced, targeted and agriculture-specific fuel support measures that more accurately reflect the scale, timing, and intensity of fuel usage in farming and agricultural contracting, and to address cashflow pressures, credit constraints, and input cost inflation…

To secure increased and ring-fenced funding for the 2026 National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme to ensure full payment for all eligible calves up to the stated scheme limits, and to guarantee payment certainty in advance of participation so that oversubscription does not result in…

To ensure Coillte’s perspectives particularly in relation to maintenance obligations and associated safety concerns, and existing arrangements are considered in the context of the drafting of this Bill

Propose measures to reduce the cost of fuel to ease the burden on rural young people, farmers and contractors

Discussion and input on young farmer views on Quality Assurance Scheme, Bord Bia and farmer communications ::Details on the new Bord Bia Farmers Forum

To ensure public officials are aware of the potentially negative impact the Mercosur deal will have on Irish beef farmers livelihoods

Reject transposition of the RENURE amendment and instead support proven, evidence-based nutrient efficiency measures.

Discussion of environmental issues with Minister Heydon as they pertain to agriculture and land use including: timeframe for publishing Land Use Review; CAP post-2027; local food policy framework; Nitrates and water quality; bats and sensitive habitats; support for farmers and…