Environment
Effective climate action "must be fair and practical" and take into account Ireland's "unique...
Tillage
The challenges facing the tillage sector at present will be the focus of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture this week.
The Sustainability, Safety and Accessibility unit is working with the Oireachtas Creche on a garden project for the creche playground.
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The chair of the Oireachtas committee on Agriculture and Food, Aindrias Moynihan highlights the importance of his committee and their impact on farming matters, when speaking to Agriland at the National Ploughing Championship 2025.
Agri Politics
Independent senator, Victor Boyhan has been appointed to the influential Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food.
The Independent Ireland TD Michael Fitzmaurice, has been reappointed to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin today (Thursday, April 24) confirmed that the new chair of the Oireachtas...
The excitement and drama of the 2024 General Election may be behind us at this point, but the Seanad election is just around the corner.
Rural Life
The Agriculture Appeals Bill 2024 has been passed by both houses of the Oireachtas, after being considered by the Seanad for two weeks.
Minister Charlie McConalogue is to meet with the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food to discuss the 'fodder crisis'.
The Committee on Social Protection has been told that farmers with designated land should see additional Farm Assist income disregards.
Oireachtas members have been told that Pillar II scheme payments should be "disregarded in their totality" from the Farm Assist means test.
Charity warns that access to cash is about being able to "buy something in a shop" without being discriminated against.
The "systemic failure" by the State to implement a tailored catchment-based approach is setting farmers up to fail, An Taisce has warned.
The carbon tax liability of rural households is higher than for urban households, according to analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Office.
Agri-Business
Teagasc spent more than €2.2 million last year in consultancy costs last year according to its financial accounts for 2022.
Forestry
The new €1.3 billion Forestry Programme could face stiff competition for land because of the Nitrates Action Programme a senator has warned.
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage will monitor individual turf usage under amendments to the wildlife bill
Chair of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, Dr. Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain has called on legislators to act on biodiversity loss.
The Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss will hold an additional meeting this weekend to discuss its final recommendations.
The Minister for Housing is set to bring legislation on water abstraction before the Oireachtas in the coming weeks.
The Joint Oireachtas Agriculture Committee met this week with Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
The Seanad has today (Friday, July 9) passed the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021.
