Lobbying Records (Page 1 of 2)
Family Carers Ireland
2025-01-21
Intent: Candidate Richie Molloy put forward for administrative panel
Details: Seanad Elections 2025
Officials: Cathal Crowe, Joe Cooney, Donna McGettigan, William O'Leary, Úna McCarthy, Trish Murphy, Tony O'Shea, Ted Lucey, ...
Methods: Fiona Hartigan - Email, Peter Cox to all members of Cork COCO & Cork City Council - Email, To Cork area councilors - Phone call, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2024-05-18
Intent: To voice anger and frustration at the ever-increasing administrative burden being placed on them which has had a major impact on farm family incomes.::1. The transformation of CAP away from supporting food production towards actually reducing farm output. CAP funding is being redirected to environmental schemes – the EU is effectively implementing new environmental regulations such as the “eco-schemes” on the cheap by redirecting existing funding instead of allocating additional funds.::2. The failure of the EU to properly compensate farmers under CAP. In 2014, Ireland received €1.16bn in Pillar one funding from EU – that figure is effectively the same today, 10 years on, despite huge inflation in farmers' cost of production in the interim. Farmers are being asked to do much more to receive a lot less funds in real terms.::3. The proposed Mercusor trade deal being pushed by the European Commission has the capacity to devastate, in particular, the Irish beef sector. Europe is placing a
Details: Cork County Council - Enough is Enough Campaign
Officials: Alan Coleman, Alan O'Connor, Ann Marie Ahern, Annmarie Ahern, Anthony Barry, Audrey Buckley, Ben Dalton O'Sullivan, Bernard Moynihan, ...
Methods: Meeting, Social Media, Email, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-09-18
Intent: To highlight the flaws in the 220KGN/ha as opposed to the 250kgN/ha.::That IFA propose a 2 year trend assessment::Two data points are insufficient to establish a trend and it ignores the influence of lag times.::To highlight how the 2 year review ignores recently introduced measures::2018 - 50% Slurry by 15 June and Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS)::2020 - Training in Nutrient Use Efficiency, Sustainable farming, Grassland Management/Budget.::2021 - Farm roadway camber away from water, Exclude cattle 1.5m from watercourse, water troughs 20m from watercourse.::2022 - 10% cut in chemical N, Soiled water closed period, Slurry spread by 8th October, Tillage green cover, Plough Grassland only between 1st March and 31st May, Increased inspections - 10%.::2023 - Soiled Water closed period - 21 days, All slurry spread by 1st October, N excretion rate based on Milk Yield, Chemical N purchases register.::2024 - Soiled Water closed period - December::To highlight how the 2 year review will im
Details: Nitrates Derogation - Maintaining the derogation at 250kg N/ha
Officials: Alan Coleman, Alan O'Connor, Amii McKeever, Ann Marie Ahern, Anthony Barry, Audrey Buckley, Barry Andrews, Ben Dalton O'Sullivan, ...
Methods: Meeting, Event / Reception, Informal communication, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-05-21
Intent: To brief Members of the Oireachtas on the Nitrates Derogation::Member States must apply to the European Commission every four years to be granted a nitrates derogation. Strict criteria must be met in order to get a derogation. Member states must demonstrate that the higher stocking rate is justified based upon the presence of crops (including grass) with a high nitrogen uptake and a long growing season.::Ireland is ideally suited to demonstrate this given our unique system of outdoor, grass-based livestock production which is vastly different to livestock production systems across European Member States::Family farms that avail of a nitrates derogation must adhere to an additional suite of requirements. These include the submission of a fertiliser plan and an account of fertiliser purchases annually, environmental training, hedgerow management etc::In 2022 the Commission granted Ireland a derogation until the end of 2025. However, they attached a condition that the maximum stocking rat
Details: Nitrates Action Programme 2023 Review - Nitrates Derogation
Officials: Aindrias Moynihan, Alan Dillon, Alan Kelly, Anne Rabbitte, Anthony Barry, Barry Andrews, Billy Kelleher, Brendan Smith, ...
Methods: Email, Meeting, Event / Reception, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-05-20
Intent: To brief Oireachtas members on Water Quality in the context of the Nitrates Action Programme 2023
Details: Nitrates Action Programme 2023 Review - Water Quality
Officials: Aindrias Moynihan, Alan Dillon, Anne Rabbitte, Anthony Barry, Barry Andrews, Billy Kelleher, Brendan Smith, Brian Leddin, ...
Methods: Submission, Phone call, Social Media, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-05-20
Intent: 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 economy and social viability of rural area.::To highlight that IFA cannot support policies that negatively impact the livelihood of farm families and the economic and social sustainability of rural Ireland.
Details: IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - Environmental, Social & Economic Sustainability
Officials: Aindrias Moynihan, Alan Dillon, Alan Farrell, Alan Kelly, Barry Cowen, Bernard Durkan, Brendan Griffin, Brendan Howlin, ...
Methods: Email, Event / Reception, Social Media, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-05-20
Intent: To brief Oireachtas Members of the details of the current Nitrates Action Programme::The EU Nitrates Directive requires Member States to review water quality at least every four years and to create a Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). This programme outlines a suite of requirements that farmers must adhere to and is reviewed every four years.The fifth NAP was introduced in 2022::It includes additional measures such as a reduced inorganic fertiliser allowance, longer closed periods for spreading slurry, fertiliser and soiled water and greater adoption of low emission slurry spreading (LESS) equipment. It also outlines the maximum number of animals that can be present on farms based on the amount of nitrogen they excrete in a year.::This is capped at 170kg organic manure nitrogen/ha or in the case of farmers who are granted a nitrate derogation 250kg/N/ha.
Details: Nitrates Action Programme 2023 Review
Officials: Aindrias Moynihan, Alan Dillon, Anne Rabbitte, Anthony Barry, Barry Andrews, Billy Kelleher, Brendan Smith, Brian Leddin, ...
Methods: Meeting, Email, Letter, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-05-19
Intent: 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 measure that do not negatively impact farm family incomes, the rural economy or food production.::To insist that as environmental measure undertaken by farmers are, in many cases, leading to increased costs at farm level, the marketplace must return a higher price to farmers to cover these increased costs of food production.::To focus on how the emissions from food production must be treated differently from emissions from non essential economic activity. There must be sustainable development of our farming and food sector to ensure an adequate supply of food for human nutrition.
Details: IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - Balancing Climate Action and Food Production
Officials: Aindrias Moynihan, Alan Dillon, Alan Farrell, Alan Kelly, Barry Cowen, Bernard Durkan, Brendan Gleeson, Brendan Griffin, ...
Methods: Email, Event / Reception, Social Media, ...
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
2023-05-18
Intent: 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 and €18,336 depending on how farmers adapt to the reduced limit of 220kg/N/ha (either by acquiring extra land or reducing cow numbers). Across the sector it is estimated that this condition could result in a loss to the rural economy of €236m.::To explain that this impact is already evident in early 2023 as dairy farmers, impacted by nitrogen banding and the prospect of a reduction to 220kgN/ha, seek additional land. Dairy farmers, due to their higher per hectare net margins, are likely to outbid farmers from other sectors in the land market. This is already impacting more vulnerable sectors such as tillage, beef and sheep. This is contrary to Government policy.
Details: Nitrates Action Programme 2023 Review - Economic Impact
Officials: Aindrias Moynihan, Alan Dillon, Anne Rabbitte, Anthony Barry, Barry Andrews, Billy Kelleher, Brendan Smith, Brian Leddin, ...
Methods: Submission, Meeting, Phone call, ...
IRISH COURSING CLUB
2023-05-05
Intent: To inform recipients about regulated coursing
Details: To inform recipients about regulated coursing
Officials: Alan Coleman, Ann Marie Ahern, Annmarie Ahern, Anthony Barry, Audrey Buckley, Ben Dalton O'Sullivan, Bernard Moynihan, Caroline Cronin, ...
Methods: Email