Michael Collins

Looking for a regulator to audit food chain with specific focus on margins in the beef chain at processor and retailer level and to ensure that the office is created with the necessary powers in addition to the powers conferred under the Unfair Trading Practices Directive

To get ICSA policies regarding the future CAP included in the national response

To get ICSA policies regarding the future CAP included in the national response

To ensure that targets in the draft Strategy are realistic and achievable::To highlight that some of the targets are very challenging and cannot be achieved without Government funding.::That the Government provides support, investment and practical policy measures to allow…

To establish why are we not seeing greater output in the issusing of felling licences considering the investment by the Department inxtra staff and ecologists ? Does the Department accept that their plan is failing and how do they intend to address this?::Considering the success…

To highlight the gains achieved by the sector in the past ten years but also to highlight that profits at farm level for many remain modest and those farmers are vulnerable to reductions in milk price and /or costs associated with environmental or other restrictions.::To…

To highlight that if we do not align with the provision to allow Suitably Qualified Persons prescribe antiparasitic products in Licensed Merchant stores similar to Northern Ireland, a two-tier supply system will come into effect on the island.

Improvement to forestry policy and programmes

Veterinary Ireland's response to statements made at the Joint Oireachtas Committee hearing on Tuesday 9th February 2021 regarding medicines regulations.::Veterinary Ireland's call on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to respond to the inaccurate assertions made…

Meeting to discuss issues surrounding Bovine TB Herd History Risk Statement and Report Letters::Requirements in the TB Programme -::1) Re-establishment of an effective Wildlife Control Programme based on density reduction of susceptible species.::2) A full in-depth…

Concerns around Department of Agriculture's 'objection' process around Bord Bia's application for PGI status for 'Irish grass-fed beef'::Proper engagement with farmers who are key stakeholders in this process.::Crucial that the application has broad support amongst farmers.::It…

Increase the awareness of the threat of ASF to Ireland's pig industry and to look for political support to increase funding for the National Disease Control Centre and it role in implementing Ireland's National African Swine Fever (ASF) control measures.::Support for an…

To secure continued funding of the organic farm scheme::To ensure any future re-opening of the scheme is correctly managed. The last reopening of the scheme was based on a flawed pointed system, in which smaller farm holdings were discriminated against::To emphasise the need for…

Funding for the Horticulture Sector::The provision of €1m in funding for the National Food Ombudsman is a step in the right direction to tackling Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) in the food supply chain. The Government now needs to go beyond the EU Directive on UTPs and tackle…

IFA is seeking a reform of the forest licence system so forest owners does not have to wait longer than 4 months for a forestry licence as set out in the Forestry Act 2014.::Forest road and felling/thinning licence applications that are in the system for more than four months…