Relevant Matter
Public policy or programme
Public Policy Area
EU Affairs
Period
1 Jan, 2024 to 30 Apr, 2024
Specific Details
Plant Protection Products
Intended results
To highlight that the EU re-registration process for licencing plant protection products has resulted in tillage/horticulture farmers losing a number of key products. Other key active ingredients are also under review with little evidence of new actives entering the market to compensate for the loss of key plant protection products, which play an imperative role in sustaining the economics of tillage and horticulture farms.
To propose that currently available active ingredients must be reauthorized for use.
To emphasise that Irish and EU growers require a level playing field whereby they are not compelled to compete with imported grains and other crops produced under environmental and regulatory controls which fall below EU standards.
To call for the Government to ensure that the EU applies parity of treatment in licencing products with the introduction of an equivalence in standards.
To ensure that any alternative pesticides which are fast tracked through the regulatory framework must be trialled for on farm efficacy in comparison to traditional chemical control so as not to further hinder the economics of crop production.
Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity
Francie Gorman IFA President, Damian McDonald IFA Director General, Tadhg Buckley IFA Director of Policy and Chief Economist, Elaine Farrell IFA Director of Governance & Oireachtas Engagement
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
Submission All Senators
Letter All Senators
Submission All TDs
Letter All TDs
Submission All MEPs
Letter All MEPs
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.
Darragh O'Brien
Minister (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)
James Browne
Minister of State (Department of Justice)
Joe O'Brien
Minister of State (Department of Social Protection)
Michael McGrath
Minister (Department of Finance)
Micheál Martin
Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)
Roderic O'Gorman
Minister (Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth)
Malcolm Noonan
Minister of State (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)