About ICSA
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association emerged as a farming lobby group, specifically for cattle and sheep farmers following the 1992 MacSharry Reform of the CAP.
The farmers who began the development of ICSA identified a number of flaws and inequities introduced in the 1992 reform. These issues formed the basis of the ICSA policy objectives during the Agenda 2000 negotiations, through to the Fischler reforms of 2003 and continue to underpin our policies as CAP post 2013 negotiations progress.
One of ICSA’s biggest successes was the abolition of the coupled payments system for farm subsidies. Essentially, ICSA was the organisation that delivered the single payment – and we are now fighting to retain the maximum possible decoupled SFP envelope.
We represent the interests of drystock and sheep farmers throughout every county in Ireland, with the national office located in Portlaoise, Co. Laois – contact details here.
The ICSA is led by president Dermot Kelleher. A detailed organisational structure can be found here.
A comprehensive history of the ICSA is available here.
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ICSA In The Media
Opening dates for slurry spreading are ‘unworkable’ – ICSA
AGRILAND - 13 JANUARY 2017 The Department of Agriculture has been called on by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Association (ICSA) to adopt a more common...
Coalition of Irish farmers and environmentalists call for CETA to be rejected
AGRILAND - 13 JANUARY 2016 A coalition of Irish farmers, environmentalists, trade unionists and small business organisations have called on...
Farmers slam ‘calendar farming’ as winter weather puts slurry spreading on hold
FARMIRELAND.IE - 13 JANUARY 2017 1 From this week farmers across most of the country are allowed to spread slurry once again. Photo: Roger Jones...
Irish farmers put forward radical plan as beef price bites
FARMERS WEEKLY (UK) - 10 JANUARY 2017 © Tim Scrivener Irish beef farmers have called on the EU to pay farmers to cut suckler cow numbers in order to...
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