by Neassa | Jun 18, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Sean McNamara has said the decision by the EU Council of Environment ministers to pass the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) today will cause serious unease amongst many Irish farmers. “As it stands, we have no clarity around how this law will be implemented...
by Neassa | Mar 1, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Sean McNamara has said he is very disappointed with the vote at the European Parliament on the Nature Restoration Law which was carried by a vote of 329 to 275, with 24 abstentions. “This has created a lot of concern among farmers who see this as heavy...
by Neassa | Nov 13, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
-EU PARLIAMENT SIDELINED ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has expressed dismay over the agreement arising from the trilogue (EU Commission, Parliament, Council) negotiations on the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law. “It is clear that the strong view arising from the EU...
by Neassa | Jul 12, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has welcomed the scrapping of the rewetting of agricultural peatlands proposal in the latest vote on the Nature Restoration Law. He said, however, that the narrow margin in favour of an amended version of the law shows how flawed the...
by Neassa | Jun 27, 2023 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has described the outcome of today’s EU Environment (ENVI) Committee vote on the proposed Nature Restoration Law as a “sensible decision given what is at stake.” Speaking from Brussels where he attended this morning’s voting session Mr...