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Forestry
€24.2m payments paid to forest owners
James Hanly
The tax-free payments were issued to over 7,000 forest owners who applied for their payments through the Department’s Online Services website.
8 January 2025 Schemes
€3.5m organic processing grant opened
The scheme provides funding to processors who wish to invest in developing facilities for the processing, preparation, grading, packing and storage of organic products.
3 January 2025 News
Funding for local food projects announced
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Pippa Hackett said this funding promotes short supply chains and premium sustainable markets closer to home.
Minister was in right place at right time to push organic farming
Irish organic farming continues to expand, but will markets grow at the same pace?
15 December 2024 News
Horticulture innovation and diversification schemes open
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State Pippa Hackett made the announcement of the schemes, which are part of the key strategic actions set out in the horticulture strategy.
5 December 2024 News
McConalogue survives tense marathon count
How the outgoing agriculture ministers and opposition spokespersons fared in the 2024 general election
4 December 2024 News
McConalogue in battle to keep Dáil seat
The outgoing Minister for Agriculture is locked in a four-way battle for the last two seats in Donegal.
30 November 2024 News
Farmers being 'short-changed' by CAP cuts
Teagasc’s most recent economic sustainability report showed that 41% of the country’s farms were considered economically vulnerable or non-viable farm businesses.
20 November 2024 News
Candidates agree on solar farms
Farming candidates from each of the main political parties unanimously agreed that farmers should be allowed to choose what they want to do with their own land.
20 November 2024 Renewables
Tensions flare between outgoing ag ministers over derogation
Martin Heydon and Pippa Hackett exchanged heated words over the role EU politics will play in the derogation debate.
14 November 2024 News
Approved seasonal employers expected soon for horticulture - Hackett
The Minister of State for land use and biodiversity with special responsibility for horticulture had co-chaired a meeting of the horticulture industry forum.
6 November 2024 News
€17.5m fund announced in EIP projects open call
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Pippa Hackett made the announcement for projects under the theme of environmental sustainability.
5 November 2024 News