by admin | Oct 19, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Rural Development chair Tim Farrell has said the timeframe for farmers to complete their applications for the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) is too short and must be extended. “Minister McConalogue has confirmed the closing date for applicants will...
by admin | Jul 15, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Rural Development chair Tim Farrell has challenged Minister McConalogue to demonstrate how the new ACRES scheme will bring any worthwhile benefits to active, commercial farmers. “In particular, I am openly saying that there will be very few farmers in the general...
by Neassa | May 20, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Rural Development chair Tim Farrell has welcomed the announcement by the EU Commission of an exceptional aid measure to allow up to €15,000 payment to farmers affected by input cost escalation, but he said that “clarity was now needed on how this is to be...
by admin | Feb 14, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Rural Development chair Tim Farrell has said it is hugely disappointing that vast swathes of the country have been excluded from the co-operation measure of the new Agri-Environmental Climate Measure (AECM). “Eligible areas fall predominantly in counties along...
by admin | Feb 2, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Rural Development chair Tim Farrell has reacted furiously at the lack of consultation around the removal of the exemption for burning green waste. “The Government is totally out of touch with the practical realities of managing hedges and trees on farms. At a...
