Agri-Business
Luke Ming Flanagan has said that the proposed cut in the CAP budget for 2028 to 2034 is "extremely disappointing".
Agri Politics
Irish MEPs continued to back farmers in opposing the EU Mercosur trade deal at a meeting with Commissioner Hansen and Commissioner Šefčovič
An Irish MEP has branded the signing of a trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur counties as "hypocrisy on a grand scale".
Beef
Luke Ming Flanagan has been appointed the vice-chairperson of a team of MEPs that will represent the EU Parliament in relations with Mercosur.
Rural Life
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan has said that "words are not enough" from his European Parliament colleagues on the future of the agriculture sector.
Billy Kelleher has been returned to the European Parliament by voters in Ireland South, but Grace O'Sullivan has not been as lucky.
Seán Kelly has been elected at the first count in Ireland South, while voting in the Midlands and North-West has been tighter.
An Irish MEP has questioned if a proposal to simplify the CAP is designed to manipulate the farming vote ahead of the European elections.
Environment
An Irish MEP has voiced concerns about the potential impact of a turf cutting case being taken by the European Commission against Ireland.
MEP Flanagan has called for amendments tabled to a report on defective concrete blocks to be 'withdrawn with immediate effect'
An independent Irish MEP has said that he will not vote in favour of the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law in its current form.
Irish homeowners impacted by defective mica concrete have been "given a lot of hope" by the European Parliament Petitions Committee.
An Irish MEP has said that improving fairness in the CAP payment system will increase public support for the European Union farming budget.
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan has called on the government to "immediately publish" the letter sent by the commission on the CAP Strategic Plan.
The Irish government is seeking "unprecedented powers" in the negotiation of the new CAP, to force farmers on peatlands out of production.
"If you are a beef farmer and are looking at him trying to import 100,000t of untraceable beef, you would not think he is doing a good job."
'A minister without a mandate is currently pushing for an end to convergence of farm payments even before the parties have voted.'
Numerous MEPs grilled Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski over Covid-19 supports for European farmers today, Thursday, April 30.
The ag-affairs committee will ask for an extension to the period to lodge an objection to a delegated act on the proposed Animal Health Act.
The "dysfunctional nature" of the beef industry in Ireland must be addressed from top to bottom, according to MEP Luke 'Ming' Flanagan.
An Irish MEP has raised fears that measures included in the EU's regulations on the €100 million aid fund can be "rolled over and extended".
An Irish MEP has called the Mercosur deal an "abomination" and argued that Europe already has environmentally sustainable beef - Irish beef.
In a recent meeting with nominee for the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, Luke 'Ming' Flanagan set out his demands.
