by admin | Mar 1, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has said while we have gained important concessions as part of the TB Compensation Agreement the Department of Agriculture still has questions to answer around the financial support for pre and post movement testing....
by admin | Jan 24, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
-FARMERS ENTITLED TO SELL IN MARTS WITHOUT TEST ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has made it clear that pre/ post movement testing rules for breeding stock has not been agreed to by farm organisations in the absence of full payment for this by the...
by admin | Oct 24, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Animal Health & Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has reiterated the need for competition in the anti-parasitic market. Mr Farrell, who addressed the Oireachtas committee on Agriculture last week, said that “competition is critical when it comes to ensuring that...
by admin | Sep 1, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Animal Health and Welfare Chair Hugh Farrell has said there is currently no agreement on who will pay for any additional mandatory TB testing introduced. “Despite media reports today stating the opposite, I wish to stress that no agreement on this issue has been...
by admin | Aug 18, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has called on Minister McConalogue and his department officials to explain how they are going to finance additional TB testing demands facing farmers. “At the TB Forum ICSA has always been insistent that farmers pay...