Environment
Ministers Martin Heydon and Christopher O’Sullivan, announced a €7 million open call for projects to support nature in an arable environment.
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has confirmed that the clawback on entitlements will not be reinstated for the 2025 scheme year.
The European Commission has defended the environmental ambition of CAP, following criticism from the EU Court of Auditors.
There is a gap between the EU’s climate targets and the CAP plans drawn up by EU countries according to the European Court of Auditors
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said the third amendment to Ireland's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan is underway.
Rural Life
The European Commission is set to propose that farms under 10ha can be exempted from conditionality under the CAP.
The commission has launched an online dashboard to allow citizens of EU member states to track progress in meeting targets under the CAP.
The European Commission has approved the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plans submitted by Germany, Greece and Lithuania.
The government has today (Tuesday, October 4) approved Ireland's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan worth almost €10 billion.
Macra has expressed its disappointment that the 'forgotten farmers' were overlooked once again for supports under Budget 2023.
Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan is "no longer fit for purpose" due to increasing costs for farmers, one farm organisation has said.
The European Commission has today (Wednesday, August 31) approved the Common Agricultural Policy...
Agri Politics
Farmers will be paid to protect biodiversity under Ireland's revised draft CAP Strategic Plan, Senator Pauline O’Reilly has said.
A CAP Strategic Plan revision will allow farmers to draw down full payment on land parcels that contain up to 50% of "beneficial features".
Sinn Féin agriculture spokesperson, Matt Carthy has called on the minister for agriculture to publish the updated CAP Strategic Plan.
EU agriculture ministers have called on the commission to come forward with more detail on derogations in order to secure food production.
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue is aiming to resubmit Ireland's CAP plan to the European Commission by the end of this month.
The department is reviewing its CAP Strategic Plan after some areas of the first draft received criticism...but how did other countries fare?
The secretary general of the Department of Agriculture has highlighted the merits of Ireland's CAP plan in a letter to the commission.
The minister has welcomed a committee discussion on observations by the European Commission of Ireland’s draft CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027.
Minister McConalogue has confirmed that his department has published the European Commission’s observation letter on the CAP Strategic Plan.
The commission's observation letter to Ireland evaluating our CAP plan questions the level of climate and environmental "ambition".
There are further calls for the minister to release the observation letter sent by the commission to Ireland on our CAP Strategic Plan.
