CAP / Schemes
'Words not enough' from MEPs on future of agriculture - Flanagan
Irish MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan has said that “words are not enough” from his European Parliament colleagues on the future...
Luke Ming Flanagan
Agri Politics
Kelleher and Ming secure re-election but O'Sullivan misses out
Sitting Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has been returned to the European Parliament by voters in the Ireland South Constituency,...
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Kelly in at first count in South, tighter voting in Midlands North West
Sitting Fine Gael MEP Seán Kelly has been elected at the first count in the Ireland South constituency in the...
CAP / Schemes
Ming: Are CAP changes designed to manipulate farming vote?
An Irish MEP has questioned if a proposal to simplify the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is designed to manipulate the...
Environment
EU turf cutting case could 'unravel years of work' - MEP
An Irish MEP has voiced concerns about the potential impact of a turf cutting case being taken by the European...
Rural Life
MEP: Proposed EPP changes will 'undermine' defective concrete report
MEP Luke Ming Flanagan has called on Fine Gael MEPs to ensure amendments tabled to a report on defective concrete...
Agri Politics
Ming to vote against 'utterly inadequate' Nature Restoration Law
An independent Irish MEP has said that he will not vote in favour of the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law...
Rural Life
MEP report on mica-impacted homes 'gives a lot of hope' - Ming
Thousands of Irish homeowners impacted by defective mica concrete have been “given a lot of hope” by the European Parliament...
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Agri-Business
Fairer CAP payments will increase public support for farming - MEP
An Irish MEP has said that improving fairness in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payment system will increase public support...
CAP / Schemes
'Ming' Flanagan calls for 'immediate publication' of CAP observation letter
MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan has called on the government of Ireland to “immediately publish” the observation letter sent by the...
Agri Politics
MEP claims government seeking 'sweeping powers' under CAP
The Irish government is seeking “unprecedented powers” in the negotiation of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), to force farmers...
Agri Politics
'Ming' Flanagan: 'Phil Hogan is not indispensable'
“If you are a beef farmer and you are looking at him trying to import 100,000t of untraceable beef from...
Agri Politics
'A minister without a mandate is currently pushing for an end to convergence'
“A minister without a mandate is currently pushing for an end to the convergence of farm payments.” This is according...
CAP / Schemes
MEPs grill commissioner over Covid-19 supports for farming
Numerous MEP members of the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee grilled the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Janusz Wojciechowski over...
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Agri Politics
30-day pre-movement TB test: EU agri committee to seek extension
The EU’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee will ask for an extension to the period to lodge an objection to...
Agri Politics
'Dysfunctional beef industry must be addressed from top to bottom' - Ming
The “dysfunctional nature” of the beef industry in Ireland must be addressed from top to bottom if it is to...
Beef
Fears raised that 'production reduction' can be 'rolled over and extended'
An Irish MEP has raised fears that the measures included in the EU’s regulations on the €100 million aid fund...
Beef
'You cannot improve on perfection' - Ming on Irish beef
An Irish MEP has called the Mercosur deal an “abomination” and argued that Europe already has access to the most...