Michael Collins

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

Inform Oireachtas Agricultural Committee Members of HSI Strategic Priorities for 2023 and 2024 including policy relating to development of Irish equine industry.

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…

Sought to have the allocation process of funding for media rights for small race courses reviewed

To discuss the consolidation of horticultural growers.::To highlight that The farm gate value of the horticulture sector is currently valued at €529m. The National Strategy for Horticulture anticipates that the farm gate value of the sector will increase by 30% to €688m, if the…

To highlight that the sheep sector in Ireland is at a critical point with market prices failing to reflect the production cost increases farmers have had to endure over the past two years.::- The income levels on sheep farms last year dropped to just €7/ewe, which included the…

To highlight that 2022 Agricultural Output prices rose by 26.4%, but this was eclipsed by farm input prices rising by 34.7%.::To highlight that, despite higher prices for farmers, margins were eroded with Terms of Trade reducing by 6.2%.::To highlight that the latest Central…

To highlight that the closing date for the 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Scheme is the 29th May.::To highlight the importance of direct payments to farm income, with the new application infrastructure, and multiple new schemes this year, its key that…

Support for the establishment of a new school of veterinary medicine in Ireland that is appropriately accredited to the highest industry standards.

To highlight that access to effective and competitive veterinary services is essential for all farmers and clearly the availability of large animal vets plays a vital role in this service provision. The lack of availability of large animal veterinary services continues to be a…

To highlight the flaws in the 220KGN/ha as opposed to the 250kgN/ha.::That IFA propose a 2 year trend assessment::Two data points are insufficient to establish a trend and it ignores the influence of lag times.::To highlight how the 2 year review ignores recently introduced…

To highlight how, both the environmental and economical sustainability of Irish agriculture is underpinned by our temperate climate which allows us to produce beef and dairy produce from pasture. 92% of all agricultural land in Ireland is grassland, compared with an EU average…