The president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA) Sean McNamara has said that the EU budget proposals “amounts to nothing short of the dismantling of the CAP in everything but name”, also adding that it is a “recipe for disaster”.
“The proposal to cut the CAP budget by 20% is a complete betrayal of family farms and must be challenged at every level.”
“It sends a chilling message that farm incomes, food security, and rural communities no longer matter to the EU elite”
McNamara said that the proposals would hit low-income beef, sheep, and suckler farms the hardest, with the risk of these sectors being decimated completely.
"It threatens the very fabric of rural Ireland, undermining local economies, rural communities, and any credible pathway to generational renewal”
A spokesperson for the ICSA has said that the organisation has met with Minister Martin Heydon to discuss budget developments, and urge the minister to push back against the proposals.
INHFA
National chair of the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) Pheilim Molloy has said that there is a need to “protect the overall budget and the two-pillar model”.
He expressed concern that the “farmers who have been forced to reduce production through EU regulation such as the Habitats Directive could now lose out because of reduced output."
Molloy has also said that proposals regarding organic farming “could indicate a complete U-turn for this sector”
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon held the first CAP consultative committee meeting on Thursday. \ Barry Cronin
CAP proposals will 'destroy European agriculture' - TD
Independent TD for Offaly Carol Nolan has said that farmers are “still picking their jaws up from the floor” after the recent budget proposals.
She has said that “it is a demented policy drive that will destroy European agriculture by people who seem to have absolutely no sense of the consequences of their proposals. If they are accepted, then there will be no going back”.
“The universal condemnation, that has greeted this decision speaks to the genuine fear about what is happening. There is an air of unreality about it. People simply cannot believe the Commission would be so foolish and reckless.”
The president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA) Sean McNamara has said that the EU budget proposals “amounts to nothing short of the dismantling of the CAP in everything but name”, also adding that it is a “recipe for disaster”.
“The proposal to cut the CAP budget by 20% is a complete betrayal of family farms and must be challenged at every level.”
“It sends a chilling message that farm incomes, food security, and rural communities no longer matter to the EU elite”
McNamara said that the proposals would hit low-income beef, sheep, and suckler farms the hardest, with the risk of these sectors being decimated completely.
"It threatens the very fabric of rural Ireland, undermining local economies, rural communities, and any credible pathway to generational renewal”
A spokesperson for the ICSA has said that the organisation has met with Minister Martin Heydon to discuss budget developments, and urge the minister to push back against the proposals.
INHFA
National chair of the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) Pheilim Molloy has said that there is a need to “protect the overall budget and the two-pillar model”.
He expressed concern that the “farmers who have been forced to reduce production through EU regulation such as the Habitats Directive could now lose out because of reduced output."
Molloy has also said that proposals regarding organic farming “could indicate a complete U-turn for this sector”
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon held the first CAP consultative committee meeting on Thursday. \ Barry Cronin
CAP proposals will 'destroy European agriculture' - TD
Independent TD for Offaly Carol Nolan has said that farmers are “still picking their jaws up from the floor” after the recent budget proposals.
She has said that “it is a demented policy drive that will destroy European agriculture by people who seem to have absolutely no sense of the consequences of their proposals. If they are accepted, then there will be no going back”.
“The universal condemnation, that has greeted this decision speaks to the genuine fear about what is happening. There is an air of unreality about it. People simply cannot believe the Commission would be so foolish and reckless.”
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