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Next CAP must be increased to ensure Irish food security - Walsh
Rachel Donovan
MEP Walsh tables over 30 proposals to strengthen CAP certainty and income stability for Irish farmers.
16 April 2025 News
Commission could allow TAMS amnesty for young farmers
Young farmers could qualify for TAMS grant aid even if they do not meet slurry storage or other regulatory requirements, if the Commission sticks to its plans.
16 April 2025 News
New scheme launched to support setting up producer organisations
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon announced the Early-Stage Support for Producer Organisations (ESSPO) scheme on Wednesday 16 April, which is a multi-annual measure under the CAP Strategic Plan.
Further GAEC-2 derogation needed – IFA
The IFA has continually raised the disproportionate impact of GAEC-2 on Irish farms since it first appeared in the draft EU CAP proposals.
9 April 2025 l2
CAP Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme opens to new applicants
The announcement follows on from the recent opening of the Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme and offers farmers an opportunity to draw down a support payment of up to €1,000 per herd.
9 April 2025 News
Dempsey at Large: CAP in the firing line as defence crisis worsens
Germany - inflation, especially if it is caused by government spending and borrowing, has led to constitutional constraints on government spending.
9 April 2025 Viewpoints
Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme opens to new applicants
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon announced the reopening of the scheme, which has a budget of €25m over four years until 2027 and is co-funded by the European Union.
9 April 2025 News
Minister insists GAEC 2 rules are not a land designation
Minister Heydon said that if a farmer believes that a land parcel has been incorrectly included in the standard, they can appeal that decision to the Department of Agriculture.
6 April 2025 Climate and environment
GAEC 2 proposal ‘disenfranchises’ small farmers – Sinn Féin
The party’s spokesperson on agriculture Martin Kenny raised concerns with Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon in the Dáil on Thursday.
3 April 2025 News
IFA to host major CAP conference next month
The purpose of the event is to give farmers an insight into the development of the next CAP and progress on the multiannual financial framework.
2 April 2025 News
INHFA wants mineral soils red-lined out of GAEC 2 rules
The hill farmers’ group has presented what it called a ‘fair solution’ to implementing GAEC 2.
1 April 2025 News
New €22m National Sheep Welfare Scheme opens
The Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon announced the scheme on Monday which has a budget of €22 million and is a continuation and expansion of a similar scheme that operated in 2024.
31 March 2025 News