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Payment penalties for farm safety breaches
Noel Bardon
Farmers found to have broken PTO covers on machinery during HSA inspections are unlikely to be fined under new BISS rules, the Department insists.
11 March 2025 News
Six farmers named on tax defaulters' list
A Galway farmer did not declare income tax or VAT, a Dublin farmer under-declared capital acquisition tax and a Kilkenny farmer under-declared income tax.
5 March 2025 Schemes
Department set to clamp down on map acres
Department officials briefed advisers and issued a warning against farmers claiming payments on land they are not actually farming.
DAERA outlines new farm penalty system
The revised system of penalties for farmers who are found in breach of the new rules was described as 'a significant change in approach'.
19 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Cuts planned for scheme red tape
The Commission has said cutting scheme red tape will leave farmers freer to farm instead of completing paperwork.
19 February 2025 News
Payment penalties for farm health and safety breaches 'unfair' - ICMSA
Farmers could be penalised twice for farm safety or employment breaches, the ICMSA said.
11 February 2025 News
New rules for peaty soils run against EU plans to cut red tape - IFA
The IFA has hit out at Minister Heydon for introducing new CAP rules for peatlands at the "11th hour".
11 February 2025 News
DAERA to retain 15% cap on penalties
Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir has sought on a number of occasions to remove the penalty cap
5 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Farmers fined for not registering water abstraction points
The Department of Agriculture confirmed that 20 holdings have been fined for failing to register a private water abstraction point relating to agriculture.
29 January 2025 News
MLAs refuse to back down on Muir penalties
Minister Muir has sought to reverse a change to the cross-compliance penalty regime in NI.
22 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Farmer views on inspections: ‘it’s like shooting fish in a barrel’
Some 885 farmers participated in the latest Irish Farmers Journal reader survey and share their experiences of farm inspections.
23 December 2024 News
Four farmers named on latest tax defaulters' list
Failure to lodge income tax returns and the under-declaration of capital acquisitions tax were the reasons farmers ended up on Revenue's tax defaulters list.
10 December 2024 News