by Neassa | Sep 29, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said that the government needs to fix the mess they have made with the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) immediately. “This tax is nothing less than a land grab which will destroy family farms that have committed no offence except to...
by Neassa | Sep 29, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has called for a further extension to the slurry spreading deadline as the weather has provided no opportunity at all to responsibly spread slurry in the past few weeks. “On 21 September the Minister announced a brief extension to 8...
by Neassa | Sep 12, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
-ICSA CALLS FOR UNIFIED APPROACH BETWEEN FARM ORGANISATIONS ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has called for a whole of farming approach to the consequences of the EU Commission response to the nitrates derogation. “All farm organisations need to work together to ensure...
by Neassa | Sep 6, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said the decision by the Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath TD, to remove the pouring concrete element for precast products, although correct, highlights the utter insanity of the levy in the first place. “The 5% concrete levy...
by Neassa | Aug 18, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases, Uncategorised
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said it is now time for the government to decide if they value the suckler herd as much as the dairy herd. “ICSA does not accept that the suckler herd is a major cause of global warming and we want to see any decisions around climate...