Pig/Poultry
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine pledged in the Dáil to support the poultry sector against the heightened risk of bird flu.
Rural Life
Farmers from across the country are set to protest outside Leinster House later this month over concerns around greenway projects.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine wants to deal with the "current vaccination approach" as part of his new plan to tackle TB.
A TD for Tipperary South has told the Dáil that an ACRES farmer has "received a payment of just €300 when he was due €5,000" in July.
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has said 'everybody is going to have to do a little bit more" in the battle against TB.
Animal activists have said a new bill to be introduced by non-government TDs will have a "catastrophic effect" on pig farming if passed.
The Minister for Health has been asked if pharmacists could be enabled to prescribe "antiparasitic medicines for food-producing animals".
A Fine Gael TD has raised the issue of the "development of mass areas of solar farms" and the increase in TB cases in the Dáil.
People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger has introduced a bill seeking to ban fox hunting in Ireland in the Dáil.
People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger is set to ramp her efforts to ban fox hunting in Ireland.
Agri Politics
A DAFM minister of state has told the Dáil that "many Irish farms would not survive financially without CAP payments.
Minister Martin Heydon has told the Dáil that concerns farmers have around GAEC 2 are "misplaced for a variety of reasons".
Taoiseach Micheál Martin today (Thursday, April 24) confirmed that the new chair of the Oireachtas...
A Mayo TD has told the Dáil that he knows of "some cases where farm equipment was stolen to pay" for drug debts.
There are currently more than 10,000 farmers still waiting on an ACRES payment the Dáil heard the Minister for Agriculture has told the Dáil.
Forestry
A Fine Gael TD is due to raise the issue of setback distances when it comes to forestry in the Dáil today (Wednesday, February 26).
A TD who runs a suckler farm with her husband, has told the Dáil that her hopes of her sons staying in farming are "dwindling".
Minister Grealish shares in his maiden speech how his job "every weekend was to milk the cows on Saturday and Sunday".
Irish farmers need "practical, copper-fastened guarantees" when it comes to the Mercosur deal according to one TD.
Environment
Balancing ACRES payments are being dealt with on a "case-by-case basis" the minister for agriculture has told the Dáil.
Funding needs to be provided to farmers to "replace sheds that were taken away" by Storm Éowyn, according to the TD, Michael Fitzmaurice.
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has today been elected Taoiseach to lead the new government in the Dáil.
The next minister for agriculture is set to be revealed today (Wednesday, January 22) as the Dáil resumes and a new government is formed.
