Relevant Matter
Public policy or programme
Public Policy Area
EU Affairs
Period
1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024
Specific Details
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
Intended results
To propose that CAP funding must be substantially increased and used to support farmers, food production and food security.
To highlight that the global demand for grain, meat and dairy is increasing, If these are not produced in Ireland they will be produced elsewhere with higher(negative) environmental impact.
To propose that the bureaucracy around paperwork, which leads to huge frustration and delayed payments, is simplified.
To point out the glaring error in Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan when it omitted a rearing payment for calves from the dairy herd. There was subsequently the launch of a 10-point action plan to support calf to beef systems, but with absolutely no financial support provided for farmers.
To emphasise that, in detailed submissions to the Minister and his officials to the Food Vision groups last year and again to the consultation for the 10-point action plan earlier this year, IFA highlighted the absence of these supports for calf rearers and called for a payment of €100 per calf for farmers rearing calves from the dairy herd.
To point out that the current dairy beef scheme provides a payment to dairy farmers for breeding higher beef merit beef calves, but provides no funding to those who actually rear the calves. This is a mistake and must be resolved.
To call on the Minister for Agriculture, Food, And the Marine to come forward with a direct support payment of €100 per calf for farmers who are investing in rearing these calves. Many farmers entered into these enterprises on the belief that financial support for the rearer would be provided.
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Francie Gorman IFA President, Alice Doyle IFA Deputy President, Damian McDonald IFA Director General, Tadhg Buckley IFA Director of Policy & Chief Economist, Elaine Farrell IFA Director of Governance and Oireachtas Engagement, Shane Whelan IFA Senior Policy Executive
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
Mass communications
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Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Informal communication (2-5)
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.
As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.
Charlie McConalogue
TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)
Barry Andrews
MEP (European Parliament)
Billy Kelleher
MEP (European Parliament)
Luke Ming Flanagan
MEP (European Parliament)
Maria Walsh
MEP (European Parliament)
Sean Kelly
MEP (European Parliament)
Amii McKeever
Adviser to Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
Chris MacManus
MEP (European Parliament)
Ciarán Cuffe
MEP (European Parliament)
Clare Daly
MEP (European Parliament)
Colm Markey
MEP (European Parliament)
Deirdre Clune
MEP (European Parliament)
Frances Fitzgerald
MEP (European Parliament)
Grace O'Sullivan
MEP (European Parliament)
Mick Wallace
MEP (European Parliament)