by admin | Jun 3, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has said that it is now time for Minister McConalogue to step up to the plate and outline what extra financial contribution he will make to cover the extra rules and restrictions being proposed in relation to bovine...
by admin | May 13, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has said it is high time that the Minister for Agriculture faces up to the reality that he needs to secure additional funding if we are serious about eradicating TB by 2030. “At the TB forum, the Department strategy...
by Neassa | Jan 12, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Animal Health and Welfare chair Hugh Farrell has said that “ICSA is opposing the imposition of pre or post movement testing in relation to TB restricted farmers buying in cattle for further feeding until we have certainty that the Department will pay for these...
by Kevin | Oct 22, 2013 | Press Releases
22nd October, 2013The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association is calling on the authorities to ensure that TB restrictions are sufficiently flexible to allow beef finishers to buy in cattle. ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan says, “At the moment, several DVOs allow...
by Kevin | Dec 18, 2012 | Press Releases
18th December, 2012The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association has welcomed the decision of the Department of Agriculture to pull back from implementing controversial cost-saving measures to the TB eradication scheme. Changes to the scheme were announced...