Simon Harris

Increase awareness of Tirlán's investment in R&D and ongoing support of research. Highlight links between Tirlán and education sector through both graduate programmes and as a largescale employer of highly skilled R&D professionals.

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 demonstrate that the Teagasc assessment of incomes on sheep farms show margins dropping 81% to €7/ewe, which includes the €10/ewe Sheep Welfare Scheme payment in 2022. This is unsustainable, sheep farming is a low income vulnerable sector that does not have the capacity to…

To seek an explanation as to why only €50m of the €1.1bn Brexit Adjustment Fund (BAR) is going to primarily agriculture.::-While there has not been a 'Hard Brexit' yet, Irish agriculture is still facing an uncertain future in relation to the UK market, especially with the new…

To criticised the failure of the authorities to tackle what is a growing problem on farms.::To highlight that the situation has worsened over the last two years, with sheep farmers dreading the prospect of a call to say there has been an attack on their flock.::To highlight that…

To represent the interests of members and raise any problems that they have.::To highlight the problems encountered by farmers with illegal hunting on their land.::To highlight the issue farmers have with trespassing and the associated problems of intimidation.::To seek changes…