Agri Politics
Deputy Martin Kenny, and Minister Martin Heydon, have agreed that the situation with ACRES payments is "unacceptable".
Michael Fitzmaurice has said that he will join the new political party established by fellow TDs Michael Collins and Richard O’ Donoghue.
The founders of new political party said farmers are "frustrated and annoyed" and want representation in the Dáil that "respects their work".
Environment
During a Dáil debate Danny Healy-Rae voiced his concerns for the rural areas that will be affected by the proposed plan to rewet land.
Agri-Business
The establishment of a new agri-food regulator, which it's hoped will bring transparency to the food supply chain, has moved forward.
Beef
A TD has told the Dáil that "cows' days are numbered" due to what he said is the "diminishing role" of agriculture in EU policy.
Forestry
Coillte and UK-based Gresham House recently announced the agreement, however it has been met with stark opposition from farmers and TDs.
Machinery
Independent TD Mattie McGrath said the government has ignored pleas from contractors to address the rising cost of agricultural diesel.
Property
A proposed Land Price Register Bill that would enable a "land hoarding tax at an effective level" was advanced in the Dáil today.
Several TDs have backed a call from a Limerick couple who are seeking a public inquiry into a factory neighbouring their farm.
Minister Charlie McConalogue has said his department cannot do everything but is working hard understanding the challenges facing farmers.
The Rural Independent Group has hit out at the lack of opposition to the Government's carbon budgets which passed through the Dáil last night.
Rural Life
The Minister for Finance has clashed with the Rural Independent Group in the Dáil on the costings of their proposed mini-budget.
The ICMSA has written a letter to all TDs claiming that current government policy represents "a disastrous threat to commercial farming".
The climate action bill has hit another milestone tonight (Wednesday, July 14) as it nears the end of its Oireachtas journey.
TDs have "turned their backs on rural Ireland and on family farms" by voting through the Climate...
The impending National Food Ombudsman will operate "within existing failing frameworks", according to Cork South-West TD Holly Cairns.
Ensuring the economic welfare of beef farmers "requires a whole-of-government approach", according to a rural independent TD.
A private members motion will be tabled in the Dáil next week on establishing an independent regulator for the beef sector.
The "exact nature" of how the payment method for eco schemes under the next CAP is "not clear" at present, according to Minister McConalogue.
The current narrative of farmers being laggards on climate action is "wrong and unfair", Minister Charlie McConalogue has said.
A division in opinion has formed among TDs in the Dáil - and government ministers - over comments made by the Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
Licenced merchants "will have been left deeply disappointed" by the Taoiseach's reply to concerns, according to independent TD Carol Nolan.
