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ICMSA welcome Government ‘realisation’ that farm Inheritance tax changes require ‘specific focus’

2024-11-01

 The President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, has welcomed the Government announcement that the changes to farm inheritance tax reliefs announced is the Budget will be ‘put on hold’.  Mr. Drennan said that ICMSA had noted and highlighted several instances in which the proposed changes would have impacted bone fide farm…

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ICMSA challenge ‘ridiculous’ exclusion of certain breeds from Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme

2024-10-30

The Chairperson of the ICMSA Livestock Committee Chairperson, Michael O Connell, has criticised the ‘eligible cow’ criteria of the Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme and he especially noted the exclusion of the Fleckvieh and Montbeliarde breed calves, describing their exclusion as ridiculous.   Mr. O’Connell said that the development of this…

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ICMSA say inclusion of Dutch cheese in State School Meals Programme “an insult” to Irish dairy farmers

2024-10-29

The President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, has said that reports that cheese supplied to children under the School Meals Programme operated by the Department of Social Protection is in some cases Dutch cheddar is “surreal” and was nothing less than an “insult” to Ireland’s hard-pressed 18,000 dairy farmers. Mr. Drennan…

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ICMSA Livestock Chairman welcomes additional SCEP in person training courses but issues reminder about other important SCEP core requirements.

2024-10-25

ICMSA Livestock Chairperson, Mr. Michael O Connell, has welcomed the additional SCEP in person training courses announced and has stated that it recognises areas which are predominantly farmed by suckler farmers are now being facilitated where they were not in the previous allocation of training courses. ‘Our members in certain…

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Suspend Agricultural Relief Changes Until Commission on Generational Renewal Reports.  –  ICMSA.

2024-10-24

The President of ICMSA, Mr. Denis Drennan has called on the Minister for Finance to suspend the proposed changes to Agricultural Relief as set out in the Finance Bill in light of the serious implications for many ordinary family farms and in light of the establishment of the Commission on…

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Upward Movement in Beef Prices Necessary and Welcome – ICMSA

2024-10-21

ICMSA Livestock Committee Chairperson, Mr. Michael O’Connell has welcomed the beginning of beef prices moving upwards with factories notably working on securing adequate supplies in the run up to the Christmas trade.   We saw 5c/kg extra added to base prices as last week progressed with 510c/kg base price for steers…

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ICMSA wants Dept to ‘spell out plainly’ how Nutrient Use Surplus proposal will address urgent questions

2024-10-18

 Speaking after a meeting of the Agriculture Water Quality Group at which the Department put forward a proposal to implement a Nutrient Use Surplus concept for farmers under the Nitrates regulations, the Deputy President of ICMSA, Mr. Eamon Carroll said that has ICMSA asked the Department to spell out clearly…

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ICMSA say Commission preparing ‘Compo-Bribe’ to overcome French resistance to Mercosur Agreement

2024-10-16

The President of ICMSA has said that the reports that the EU is preparing to ‘compensate’ French farmers in return for the French Government dropping its opposition to the Mercosur Agreement is profoundly worrying and actually represents an admission on the part of the Commission and its negotiators that the…

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ICMSA say Agriculture Relief Budget changes “will hinder farm succession without halting non-farmer land purchases”

2024-10-03

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Farm Business Committee, Pat O’Brien, has said that concern is rapidly growing around the proposed changes to Agriculture & Retirement Relief under Budget 2025. Mr O’Brien said that there was a distinct possibility that the measures as announced by the Minister of Finance could end up…

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ICMSA say Budget 2025 provides some reliefs for farmers but “disappointment” on “endemic income volatility”

2024-10-01

Commenting on Budget 2025, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, said that while he welcomed the extension of a number of reliefs to 2027, farmers would be disappointed that the long-standing and crippling issue of ruinous income volatility has not been dealt in Budget 2025 and while Mr. Drennan welcomed…

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