by admin | Jul 23, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
23 JULY 2019 ICSA Animal Health & Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has said the recent report from the TB Forum is incomplete in its current form and that the TB Forum still has much work to do. “ICSA accepts that a partial report of the TB Forum has been delivered to...
by admin | Jul 23, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
22 JULY 2019 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has said the Beef Forum must be reconvened as a matter of urgency. Furthermore, Mr Phelan insisted that the retail sector must be included in those discussions if progress is to be made. “It’s time for retailers to step up to...
by admin | Jul 17, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
17 JULY 2019 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has said the €100m fund available through the Beef Exceptional Aid Measures (BEAM) must be directed solely at the lowest farm income sectors. Mr Phelan said, “This fund must be for those whose primary farm enterprise is...
by admin | Jul 11, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
11 JULY 2019 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has broadly welcomed details on the distribution of the €100 million Beef Brexit aid package following a consultation meeting this morning with Minister Creed and his officials. The scheme is to be called Beef Exceptional Aid...
by admin | Jul 11, 2019 | Latest News, Press Releases
10 JULY 2019 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has again slammed the monumental folly of allowing vast quantities of extra South American beef into the EU at a time when we have no idea what post-Brexit trading arrangements will be between the UK and Europe and when...