by Kevin | Sep 25, 2012 | Uncategorised
25th September, 2012President of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association Gabriel Gilmartin has welcomed the announcement of the re-opening of the Agri-environmental Options Scheme (AEOS) announced today by Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney TD – but says...
by Kevin | Sep 21, 2012 | Press Releases
21st September, 2012ICSA president, Gabriel Gilmartin, emphasised to EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos on a visit to Ardee, Co. Louth today that the CAP Budget must be finalised as soon as possible. Speaking from Ardee, Mr. Gilmartin said, “The CAP...
by Kevin | Sep 17, 2012 | Press Releases
17th September, 2012ICSA president Gabriel Gilmartin is to emphasise to Commissioner Ciolos that the “approximation approach” to CAP reform put forward by Ireland and supported by several other states is the only realistic way of achieving an acceptable outcome to CAP...
by Kevin | Sep 17, 2012 | Press Releases
17th September, 2012ICSA president Gabriel Gilmartin has expressed disbelief that the EU Commission is reviving the discredited policy of publishing the names and amounts of EU supports received by each farmer. Previously, the EU Commission had obliged member...