Intent: Incorporate FCI proposals into policy/ actions in 2026 budget
Details: FCI Pre- Budget Submissions 2026
Intent: Transfer of services, including Veterinary Inspections in local meat producing facilities.
Details: Communications with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in relation to the transfer of the Local Authority Veterinary Service (LAVS) to the Department.
Intent: To set out ICMSA's position in relation to TB policy.
Details: TB Forum and subgroup meetings.
Intent: Transfer of services, including Veterinary Inspections in local meat producing facilities.
Details: Communications with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in relation to the transfer of the Local Authority Veterinary Service (LAVS) to the Department.
Intent: To ensure industry concerns were understood in relation to the implementation of 1069 Regulation
Details: Animal By-Products legislation
Intent: That the Minister must meet with IFA to agree on and implement a consistent and adequately resourced TB scheme, including dealing with infected wildlife, in all counties
Details: Bovine TB - Spring Lobbying 2025
Intent: To emphasise that and enhanced wildlife control programme and a better resourced TB eradication programme is urgently needed to reduce the unacceptable levels of the disease.::To seek the support of members of the Oireachtas for an enhanced Wildlife Control Programme.::That the proposals put to the TB Forum meeting by the Department of Agriculture and the manner in which they were presented was shambolic.::That the Department didn't circulate their ‘proposals' to stakeholders at the Forum, instead choosing to flash them up on a screen halfway through the meeting and seemed unsure themselves as to what they actually were proposing. It was a shambolic approach to such a serious issue for farmers, their families and their livelihoods.::That, based on the offering from the Department, they do not seem to have the same objectives and don't appear to appreciate the devastation this disease is causing on farms throughout the country. It was a cocktail of reduced compensation; more and prolong
Details: Bovine TB
Intent: To secure measures that will address the escalating TB levels.
Details: TB Forum and subgroups.
Intent: To ensure industry concerns were understood in relation to the implementation of 1069 Regulation
Details: Animal By-Products legislation
Intent: To ensure the Department understood industry challenges around GB health certification
Details: Great British (GB) Health Certificate requirements
