Politician(s) lobbied: Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Intent: To set out ICMSA priorities for Budget 2026.
Methods: Meeting
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ICMSA Pre-Budget meeting with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure.
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Brendan Gleeson (Secretary General), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Jack O'Donnell (Special Adviser), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: To set out ICMSA key farm policy priorities to Tanaiste Harris.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting with Tanaiste Harris on current farm policy issues.
Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Brendan Gleeson (Secretary General), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Brian Purcell (Special Advisor), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Barry Cassidy (Special Adviser), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: To set out ICMSA priorities for Budget 2026.
Methods: Meeting
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Method not specified
Meeting with the Minister for Agriculture
Method not specified
Food & Marine in relation to Budget 2026.
Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Savage (Assistant Secretary), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: To highlight ICMSA concerns in relation to the implementation of EUDR.
Methods: Meeting
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Meetings with Dept on EUDR.
Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To discuss general agriculture policy issues and CAP post 2027.
Methods: Meeting
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Method not specified
Meeting with Martin Kenny
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Sinn Fein Spokesperson on Agriculture
Politician(s) lobbied: Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Fitzmaurice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Paraic Brady (Senator), Seanad; Joanne Collins (Senator), Seanad; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; Natasha Newsome Drennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To set out ICMSA's position in relation dog worrying and the need for more enforcement.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food on dog worrying.
Politician(s) lobbied: John Callinan (Secretary General), Department of the Taoiseach; Elizabeth Canavan (Assistant Secretary), Department of the Taoiseach
Intent: Setting out ICMSA's views on specific agenda items.
Methods: Meeting
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Method not specified
Meeting of NESC.
Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Brendan Gleeson (Secretary General), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Bill Callanan (Chief Inspector), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Brian Purcell (Special Advisor), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Barry Cassidy (Special Adviser), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: To set out ICMSA concerns in relation to developments in the renewal of the Nitrates Derogation including the Habitats Directive.
Methods: MeetingPhone call
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Method not specified
Meeting with the Minister for Agriculture
Method not specified
Food and Marine in relation to the Nitrates Derogation.
Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Jack Chambers (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Finance; Noel Grealish (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Brendan Gleeson (Secretary General), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: To set out ICMSA budget priorities for 2026.
Methods: Meeting
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Method not specified
Attendance at National Economic Dialogue.
Politician(s) lobbied: Sinead McPhilips (Assistant Secretary), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: To set out ICMSA on key policy issues relating to CAP.
Methods: Meeting
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Meeting on the CAP Strategic Plan.