Environment
Former minister of state at the Department of Agriculture (DAFM) Pippa Hackett is the new project manager for the BASE-Line EIP.
Forestry
Forestry premiums worth €24.2 million have been issued to over 7,000 forest owners, the Department of Agriculture has said.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) said that the Innovative Forest Technology Scheme is now open for applications.
Agri Politics
Minister of State Pippa Hackett has been unsuccessful in her bid to win a seat in the Dáil in General Election 2024.
Agri-Business
The Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector is now open and accepting applications.
Payments have started under the new measure for ash plantation owners impacted by ash dieback disease in their trees.
The allocation to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Budget 2025 will include funding of €91 million for forestry.
Minister Pippa Hackett has announced a public call for proposals to maximise the return to primary producers from short supply chains.
A €5,000 scheme for landowners affected by ash dieback, which has opened for applications, is "in need of redesign", according to the IFA.
The National Organic Food Fair, which is organised by the Organic Trust, will take place on August 31 and September 1.
Minister of State Pippa Hackett has launched a new pilot scheme to increase the proportion of forest land under permanent forestry cover.
The Green Party has today (Monday, July 22) selected Senator Pippa Hackett as a candidate to contest the next general election.
Minister Hackett has published the Annual Forest Statistics Report, saying there is a "clear need" to pick up the pace of afforestation.
The Green Party has said that its new leader is expected to be announced on July 8, with two candidates in the running so far
Minister Pippa Hackett, inaugurated the Shelton Abbey Pocket Forests Native Tree Nursery at Shelton Abbey Open Prison in Arklow, Co. Wicklow.
Minister of State Pippa Hackett has announced the start of the 2023 balancing payments under the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS).
Minister of State for land use and biodiversity Pippa Hackett has announced the reopening of the OPIG Scheme.
The cabinet has given approval to an 'Ash Dieback Action Plan', which will provide increased grant rates for clearing and replanting.
Rural Life
The "question mark" over compensating losses for ash dieback continues, according to Sinn Féin spokesperson on Agriculture, Claire Kerrane
The government has approved a strategy that mandates that 10% of food purchased via public procurement must be organic produce.
It will be 'as you were' at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) following junior minister appointments today.
Minister Pippa Hackett has said that environmental sustainability and animal welfare now play "a key role" in consumer choice in the US.
Minister Pippa Hackett has begun an agri-food trade mission to the US from today with Bord Bia and Irish food and beverage exporters.
