Paul Daly

That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration

To highlight farmer concerns in relation to land rewetting.

To highlight the impact of the proposed Nature Restoration Law by the European Union, which will enact legally binding targets on Ireland, up until the year 2050, across a broad range of ecosystems, from agricultural land and forests, to rivers and marine habitats, to meet our…

IFA's Submission::- to participate in the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine's working group on Agriculture Water Quality.::- to address the flaws associated with Article 12 of the EU's Implementing Decision on 29th April 2022 granting Ireland a derogation included…

To highlight farmers' concerns in relation to Ireland's future forest strategy, particularly the barriers that exist which have seen a dramatic decline in farmer planting in recent years.::To demonstrate that farmers are crucial to success of future forest strategy::- Farmers…

To point out that a collaborative approach to nature conservation is needed.::To appeal to the Assembly to take full account of farmers' views when framing their recommendations::To point out that space for nature is on average 12-14% of the farmland area on Irish farms, which…

To meet with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to emphasise that all valid 46,000 applicants must be accepted in the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES).::That all applicants waiting to get into Tranche 2 must also be accommodated.

To ensure that, as set out in Food Vision 2030, there must be a balance between environmental, economic and social sustainability.::To ensure that rigorous assessments of all EU and national policy proposals are required to understand their impact on farm viability, the rural…

To highlight that that farmers will be the most impacted by the outcome of both the Nature Restoration Law and the Land Use Review.::To point out that agricultural land accounts for approximately 67% of Ireland's total land area. While forests account for approximately 11% of…

To highlight that our grass-based livestock and arable land systems are among the world's most climate-efficient food production systems. Farmers will work to reduce emissions by adopting measures in the Teagasc Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) and other reasonable policy…

That Irish elected representatives support the reform of the legal mandates of Coillte, Bord Na Móna and other public bodies

To highlight that the reduction in the nitrates derogation to 220kg N/ha would have a significant economic impact and could potentially remove €236 million from the rural economy.::To point out that IFA estimate that the profit reduction on impacted farms will be between €6,522…

That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration

That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration::That Irish elected representatives support greater ambition for Ireland's peatlands within the…

To seek a meeting with Minister Darragh O'Brien and Minister of State Peter Burke on IFA's proposed amendments to the Bill.::IFA's proposed amendments to the Bill are as Follows Part 1 Preliminary and General - Interpretation, Section 2 (1) - The current interpretation of both…