Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is being urged to revise the compensation caps for cattle culled due to TB.
While debate is ongoing on the future of the CAP post-2027, there are also calls for simplification of the current CAP to be maximised.
An Irish MEP has said that the delay in processing payments under ACRES "continues to erode the trust and confidence" in farm schemes.
The department has been called on to "immediately clarify" which lands will be subject to restrictions under a new conditionality measure.
Agri Politics
The EU-Mercosur trade deal is the first big threat facing farmers after the general election, Independent Ireland candidate Eddie Punch said.
An MEP has urged the government to seek legal advice on an attempt to ratify the Mercosur deal without allowing EU member states veto it.
Seán Kelly has been elected at the first count in Ireland South, while voting in the Midlands and North-West has been tighter.
Rural Life
The proposed pipeline project to pump water from the River Shannon to the Dublin area could leave farms along its route "unviable".
Clare independent TD, Michael McNamara has announced he will contest the European election in the Ireland South constituency.
A TD has claimed in the Dáil that jeeps used as part of the new Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) are "gas guzzlers".
The proposed legislation to establish the new agri-food regulator is set to return before the Dáil in the coming weeks.
Minister Charlie McConalogue said concerns around processor transparency are already covered in the proposed agri-food regulator legislation.
The government will allocate more time for a debate in the Dáil today on legislation to establish a new agri-food regulator, a TD has said.
The government's proposed new agri-food regulator could amount to a "toothless tiger", an independent TD has claimed.
An independent TD has claimed that farmers in part of Co. Clare are worse off under the new Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES).
A TD has expressed his disappointment that the government did not apply to an EU fund to support biomethane production.
The Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has ruled out temporary changes to GLAS as a way to meet any shortfall in fodder this year.
Independent TD Michael McNamara has called for urgent government intervention on the cost of fertiliser to avoid an increase in food prices.
A TD has said that government measures are needed to mitigate food price increases in the coming months due to the Russia/Ukraine conflict.
Forestry
It is "within the control" of the department to increase the timber supply and thereby offset increases in building costs, a TD has argued.
A TD has argued that the type of forestry carried out in Ireland is "not environmentally sustainable" due to a lack of incentives.
The Department of Agriculture has approved around 40% of its target for forestry licence approvals for 2021 as of July 9.
Michael McNamara has spoken of an incident where "a cow was so panicked by jet skis on the lake that she threw a calf" in the Dáil recently.
