by admin | Mar 6, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
5 MARCH 2020 ICSA Animal Health & Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has criticised the Department of Agriculture for failing to convene a meeting of all stakeholders to address outstanding pricing issues within the Fallen Animal Scheme. “ICSA is deeply unsatisfied with...
by admin | Mar 6, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
28 FEBRUARY 2020 ICSA Animal Health & Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has called on the Department of Agriculture to convene an emergency meeting of all stakeholders to find a resolution to the knackery dispute. “It is wholly unacceptable that fallen animals are being...
by admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
26 FEBRUARY 2020 ICSA Animal Health & Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has rejected claims made by the Department of Agriculture that it engaged intensively with stakeholders in advance of announcing the new Fallen Animal Scheme. “While we have met with the Department...
by admin | Feb 25, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
25 FEBRUARY 2020 ICSA rural development chair Tim Farrell has called on Minister of state Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran to explain what he has delivered in terms of flood defences and explain why vast swathes of the country are currently under water. “We need answers as to why...
by admin | Feb 21, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
21 FEBRUARY 2020 ICSA president Edmond Phelan has said Taoiseach Leo Varadkar must remain resolute in his opposition to any proposed cut in the CAP Budget. “It is unconscionable that CAP should be in the firing line for cuts under the terms of the new EU Budget for...
by admin | Feb 21, 2020 | Latest News, Press Releases
20 FEBRUARY 2020 ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has said the last thing farmers need is for knackery services to be further disrupted. Speaking following the announcement from the Animal Collectors’ Association (ACA) that collection services are to...
