Relevant Matter
Legislation
Public Policy Area
Agriculture
Period
1 Jan, 2024 to 30 Apr, 2024
Specific Details
Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC2)
Intended results
To request an urgent meeting with the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM) to relay grave concerns about the proposed new measures restricting farming activities on peatlands.
To highlight that the restrictions proposed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) to meet the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) conditionality could effectively designate, by the back door, up to 720,000 hectares of land and significantly erode the economic sustainability of 42,000 herd owners, and the value of assets they hold.
To highlight how the lack of engagement by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM) with impacted farmers, and the lack of of an adequate Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM) impact assessment will result in restrictions that are far too severe and are unacceptable to farmers.
To call for an alternative solution that better supports rather than disadvantages the thousands of farmers potentially affected by this and for a full socio-economic impact assessment to be completed before anything is implemented.
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 & chief Economist, Shane Whelan IFA Senior Policy Executive, Rachel Moloney IFA 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
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
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.
Amii McKeever
Adviser to Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
Barry Cassidy
Special Adviser (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
Charlie McConalogue
Minister (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
Leo Varadkar
Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)
Martin Heydon
Minister of State (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
Paul Savage
Assistant Secretary (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
Philip O'Callaghan
Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)