Environment
The Department of the Environment said there will be no further extension to the exemption allowing for burning of agricultural green waste.
The IFA Environment Committee chair Paul O'Brien is calling for "a common sense approach" to be taken on the burning of green waste.
Farmers are being reminded that the final exemption for the on-farm burning of cut agricultural green waste will come to an end next week.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has written to farmers this week outlining the alternatives to burning agricultural green waste.
The final extension to the exemption allowing for the onsite burning of cut green agricultural waste will begin on Friday (September 1).
Minister Charlie McConalogue has today issued a warning to landowners and members of the public not to carry out any illegal burning of land.
Rural Life
An extension to the exemption on burning green waste has been sought due to a lack of viable alternative methods.
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The minister of state has said he does not expect a further exemption on the burning of agricultural green waste beyond January 2023.
The extension to the exemption which allows farmers to burn green waste this year has been signed by Minister Eamon Ryan.
The recently announced decision to reinstate a derogation for farmers to burn green waste has been welcomed by TDs.
The Minister for Agriculture has told an Oireachtas committee that a derogation for farmers to burn green waste will be reinstated.
The Department of the Environment has confirmed that an exemption allowing farmers to burn green waste is "currently under review".
The ICSA has said that the removal of an exemption allowing farmers to burn green waste shows that the government is "totally out of touch".
