Réada Cronin

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 how the New Ash Dieback Scheme must compensate for loss of timber asset.::To require a 100% reconstitution grant for all infected plantations, enabling forest owners to clearfell and replant with tree species that satisfy their management objectives.::To propose…

To highlight how successive Government policies have restricted eligible land, eroded productive area, increased the regulatory burden and have made farmers wary of committing their land. The risks associated with planting have become too great.::To emphasise that the Government…

To highlight how farmers are engaging with biodiversity and the challenges faced in considering biodiversity in their farming.::To highlight how Ireland Ireland has a predominately extensive grass-based livestock farming system which uses less inputs and provides many positive…

Forestry Programme 2023 - 2027 main issues and key asks in ensuring the next forestry programme works for communities, practitioners, and land owners, whilst also delivering on climate change objectives.

To secure Government investment in new technologies available to combat agriculture emissions

To brief the members of these Oireachtas Committees on Devenish's research work on human health and sustainable agriculture.

The following is the Summary of the IFA Submission to the public consultation on the Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland::- The draft River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) will have significant implications for farmers across all sectors of Irish Agriculture.::- IFA…

To encourage politicians to take steps to resolve the issue before it has a negative impact on the Irish horticultural sector.