Relevant Matter
Public policy or programme
Public Policy Area
EU Affairs
Period
1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025
Specific Details
Vision for Agriculture
Intended results
To acknowledge the work of European Commissioner Christophe Hansen in delivering his Vision for Agriculture and Food within the 100-day deadline.
To highlight that the Vision document is the first step. Now farmers need to see action with a proper CAP budget and a separate fund for environmental measures on farms. They need to see change and delivery on the objectives set out in the document.
That the reality is that this Vision document is published at time when there is a lot of concern around the budget for the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). There must a strong EU budget for the CAP and separate funding to support environmental measures on farms.
That there is a clear focus on generational renewal and the need for action to reverse the alarming trend in the percentage of young farmers across Ireland and Europe.
To emphasise that The Commission must ensure that there is a common vision across all policy areas impacting agriculture and not to repeat the mistakes of the past where the Commission lacked a coherent approach to the agricultural sector.
To query how Nature Credits and Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming will be increased and the viability of complementary sources of income for farmers from climate neutral and nature positive economy which is included in the document.
To highlight concern at the proposed “voluntary benchmarking system for on-farm sustainability assessments” and how that could be fairly implemented given how varied farm systems are across the EU.
To welcome the importance of food security in the context of EU's overall security is strongly supported in the document. This highlights the importance of rebalancing CAP policy back toward food production in any future reforms.
To question if, the document highlights the importance of a stronger alignment of production standards to imported products into the EU, if this is the objective, how can the Commission continue to proceed with the proposed Mercosur trade agreement given the clear divergence in production standard between EU and South American countries.
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Alice Doyle IFA Deputy President, Liam MacHale IFA Director of European Affairs
Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?)
No
Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign?
No
Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client?
No
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Designated public officials lobbied
The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them.
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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
MEP (European Parliament)
Barry Andrews
MEP (European Parliament)
Barry Cowen
MEP (European Parliament)
Billy Kelleher
MEP (European Parliament)
Ciaran Mullooly
MEP (European Parliament)
Cynthia Ní Mhurchú
MEP (European Parliament)
Kathleen Funchion
MEP (European Parliament)
Luke Ming Flanagan
MEP (European Parliament)
Lynn Boylan
MEP (European Parliament)
Maria Walsh
MEP (European Parliament)
Michael McNamara
MEP (European Parliament)
Nina Carberry
MEP (European Parliament)
Regina Doherty
MEP (European Parliament)
Sean Kelly
MEP (European Parliament)