IFA President To Meet Taoiseach and Tánaiste – IFA
IFA President Francie Gorman will meet separately with the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste today to discuss immediate and medium-term farming priorities. The Budget will be delivered in three weeks’ time and IFA has a suite of specific proposals that we want the Government to implement.” Mr. Gorman called the meetings an opportunity to highlight […]
TB Reactor Numbers Escalate as Minister Reduces Staff Resources in TB Programme – IFA
IFA Animal Health Chair TJ Maher has reacted with anger to the updates provided to the TB Implementation Group by the Department of Agriculture. We are going to lose up to 10,000 more productive animals from our farms this year with reactor numbers predicted to hit 40,000. Over 700 more farmers to-date or 5.5% […]
IFA Delegation Sets Out Budget Priorities with Ministers Chambers & Donohoe
The Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform met with an IFA delegation to discuss the IFA’s Budget priorities. IFA President Francie Gorman said that this meeting provided the IFA with an important chance to highlight the significant pressures on farm families which caused a concerning drop in farm family […]
Farm Families Need Support in October’s Budget – IFA
IFA President Francie Gorman said that Budget 25 is an opportunity for the Government to support farm families. “The Budget is less than seven weeks away and our campaign continues across the country. We will be setting out our priorities in Virginia today to politicians in attendance. The key message is that farmers are faced […]
Deferral of Residential Zoned Land Tax to Allow Exclusion of Farmers a Step Forward – IFA
IFA President Francie Gorman has called the deferral of actively farmed land from the Residential Zoned Land Tax a step forward. “This has been causing unnecessary stress and huge worry among many farm families throughout the country who were due be impacted by this unaffordable taxation measure next February,” he said. “Farmers should never have […]
Action on ACRES Delays Needed Urgently – IFA
IFA Hill Farming Chair Caillin Conneely has called on the Minister for Agriculture to act quickly and remove the barriers which are withholding balancing ACRES payments to hill farmers and those in ACRES Co. Operation Zones. Mr. Conneely began his statement by expressing the seriousness of the issues caused by payment delays in the […]
Cabragh Wetlands Receive Funding Under Peatlands and Natura Community Engagement Scheme 2024
Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan has announced funding for 36 community groups and organisations across the country under the Peatlands and Natura Community Engagement Scheme 2024. The funding totalling more than €458,000 will be allocated to support innovative projects for nature including the restoration of sand dunes in some […]
Exemption of Farmland from Residential Zoned Land Tax Must be Delivered in Budget 2025
IFA National Farm Business Chair Bill O’ Keefe has called on the Minister for Finance to announce the exemption of actively farmed land from the Residential Zoned Land Tax. Mr. O’Keefe highlighted the importance of excluding farmed land from this tax, meant to be effective from February 2025. “While elected IFA representatives and farmer […]
IFA Sets Out Stall on Vet Meds Issue at DAFM Stakeholder Meeting
The IFA’s TJ Maher has expressed concern following the meeting of the IFA and the Department of Agriculture yesterday, that the implementation of the EU Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation 2019 – 2026 through the Statutory Instrument for Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation could cause severely limited competition in the supply of veterinary medicines for farmers if […]
IFA Launch Pre-Budget Submission
IFA President Francie Gorman said ‘Budget 2025 will be the most important for farmers during the lifetime of this Government. The IFA have launched their Pre – Budget submission ‘Supporting the Sustainable Development of the Food and Farming Sector. At the launch Francie Gorman highlighted the issues facing farmers’ viability. In a meeting with […]
