Matt Carthy

To provide the JOC with relevant information and statistics in relation to dog ownership, surrenders and abandonment.

To highlight the revisions made to the impractical catch-crop grazing requirements introduced by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, without proper consultation or communication with farmers.::To acknowledge that while this is a positive first step, and of…

To call on the Minister for Agriculture 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 huge demand for the…

To highlight that the budget of the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine is reduced from €2.14bn to €1.94bn, a 10% reduction. This is a long way short of what is required to bolster a sector which is struggling with high input costs, lower commodity prices and…

To propose that farm equipment, which contributes to increased emission efficiency, should qualify for accelerated capital allowances.::To propose that all farm equipment that contributes to a reduction in emission intensity should be exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT)

To secure supports for yf

To set out ICMSA concerns on various policy matters.

Delivery of funding

An explanation from Ireland's Minister for Agriculture and the Minister for Health

Highlight the importance of the scheme for succession planning on farms. Encourage the further development of succession schemes.

Securing a future for rural young people. Renewing young farmer taxation reliefs

Highlight opposition to proposed exit scheme in Dairy Vision report Propose an alternative Succession scheme

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…

To highlight the urgency in bringing in stronger laws around dog control following recent devastating attacks on cattle in the North Kildare area.::To insist that more must be done immediately to ensure farmers around the country stop bearing the costs of such devastating…

Provide information of the impact of a reduction of the Nitrates Derogation would have on Lakeland Dairies farm families.