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Pat McCormack, 

President of ICMSA. 

ICMSA support postponement 

of changes to rights of way 

ICMSA has welcomed 

the decision by Minister 

for Justice, Heather 

Humphreys, to delay the 

implementation of new 

laws requiring easements 

or rights of way 

to be registered with the 

Circuit Court or Property 

Registration 

Authority by November 

30. Pat McCormack, 

President of ICMSA, 

said that the question 

was too important and 

fraught to allow matters 

proceed where there 

was any degree of confusion 

and misunderstanding. 

Mr McCormack 

said that questions 

around ‘rights’ 

were always a matter 

where it was more 

important to take the 

time to ‘get it right’ than 

it was to overlook the 

details and ‘get it done’. 

“ICMSA supports this 

decision by Minister 

Humphreys. We think 

that the proposed 

review around the desirability 

and function of 

the proposed changes is 

a good idea and we’d ask 

all the parties to this 

problematic and difficult 

issue to show 

patience and accept that 

these are hugely complicated 

matters that 

rarely fit neatly into 

one-size-fits-all, preordained 

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think this is a timely 

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and we will support 

the process and 

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and when they affect the 

interests of our farmer 

members”, said Mr 

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Platform will 

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with businesses of all 

scales, from small-tomedium 

enterprises to 

large multi-nationals. 

“I’ve engaged with 

numerous businesses 

across the Midlands 

who would welcome an 

opportunity to become 

more biodiversityactive,” 

says Minister 

Hackett, who has 

responsibility for Land 

Use and Biodiversity. 

“Everyone from 

retailers and offices, to 

food producers and 

hospitality services 

can get involved. The 

purpose of this platform 

is to make it easier 

for them to do so. 

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this platform. I 

believe it will be really 

valuable to businesses 

because it will build 

their awareness of 

both their impacts and 

dependencies on biodiversity. 

With that 

awareness, they will 

then be able to reverse 

some biodiversity loss, 

have a positive impact 

on their local community 

and employees and 

also enhance their 

business reputations.” 

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Biodiversity Platform 

will be established by 

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with the involvement 

of Business in the 

Community Ireland 

and the National Biodiversity 

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and the support of the 

Department of Agriculture, 

Food and the 

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of Housing, Local 

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Budget 2022 has to give practical support 

to farmers for “climate change measures” 

The President of 

ICMSA has said that the 

upcoming Budget 2022 

will have to offer serious 

practical help to 

the state’s 100,000-plus 

farming families as the 

sector prepares to transition 

to lower emissions 

and more climate 

efficient production. 

Speaking after meetings 

with the Minister 

for Finance, Paschal 

Donohue, and Minister 

for Public Expenditure, 

Michael 

McGrath, Pat McCormack 

said that the 

farm organisation had 

made very specific and 

targeted proposals 

across taxation, envi- 

Martin Heydon, 

Minister of State at 

the Department of 

Agriculture paid tribute 

to Ireland’s 

‘vibrant’ agri-food 

sector at the recent 

launch of Agri 

Aware’s new Dig In! 

webinar series for 

schools. Agri Aware 

is bringing their Dig 

In! educational 

resource to life with 

added modules and 

new series of in classroom 

webinars. 

Dig In! is a primary 

school curriculumlinked 

resource to 

help children learn 

about agriculture, life 

on the farm and in 

the countryside. 

The new ‘Fun Fridays’ 

webinar series 

will run from October 

to December with ten 

episodes covering a 

range of topics 


ronment and farm 

schemes that will 

move the position forward 

in a rational, cost 

efficient and measured 

way. It was up now to 

Ministers Donohoe 

and McGrath to examine 

and weigh the 

undoubted benefits 

that would flow from 

accepting and implementing 

the proposals 

or to continue the current 

Government policy 

of loading more 

and more regulation 

onto farmers while 

including dairy, the 

environment, horses, 

farm safety and pigs. 

Dig In! is available to 

all schools through 

the Agri Aware website 

www.agriaware 

.ie and schools can 

also sign up for the 

Fun Fridays webinar 

series there. 

Welcoming the 

opportunity to 

relaunch Dig In! Minister 

of State at the 

Department of Agriculture 

Martin Heydon 

said: 

“I want to commend 

Agri Aware for its 

tireless work in 

ensuring all of our 

primary school students 

have the opportunity 

to learn about 

life on Irish farms. 

Some will go on to be 

farmers in the future, 

producing food for all 

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the levels of practical 

support and 

funding. 

“Ireland will effectively 

have two budgets 

this year: one financial 

and one climaterelated, 

at this stage 

the latter is as important 

as the former. By 

the end of the year, 

there will a great deal 

more detail about what 

needs to be done and 

by what stage. Farmers 

are braced to take 

up the challenge but 

that is going to require 

active and practical 

help. We’ve outlined 

how we think that 

should be structured, 

but the most important 

thing is that the Government 

realise that, 

somehow ‘standing 

back and watching’ is 

the environment, 

while others may 

work in our vibrant 

agri-food sector. All of 

them will be consumers 

of Irish produce. 

Dig In! is 

therefore an important 

initiative that 

can help tie all these 

different elements 

together. As Minister 

of State with special 

responsibility for 

Farm Safety I particularly 

welcome the 

focus on keeping children 

safe on farms. 

Creating a culture of 

safety starts at a 

young age and must 

go hand in hand with 

everything we do on 

our farms.” 

Alan Jagoe, Chairman 

of Agri Aware 

not an option here: 

only they can give this 

the momentum to 

move it forward and 

we’ve given them a 

suite of measures that 

we think will provide 

some of that momentum”, 

said Mr. McCormack. 

ICMSA has again 

called for a Farm Management 

Deposit 

Scheme that is a revenue-approved 

method 

of dealing with utterly 

destructive income 

said: “We are 

delighted to launch 

Dig In! once again 

this year. The new 

digital element is a 

reflection on how 

education and delivery 

of education has 

changed since the 

start of the pandemic. 

Agriculture 

has remained a crucial 

and constant supply 

of high-quality 

food and produce and 

those are all highlighted 

in our Dig In! 

resources for Primary 

Schools. Dig In! 

has been so important 

in maintaining a 

connection between 

young consumers and 

where their food 

comes from”. 

volatility allowing 

farmers to deposit 

money in ‘Good’ years 

and access it in ‘Bad’. 

ICMSA has also called 

for a widening of taxation 

bands and 3% 

stamp duty on the sale 

of agricultural land. 

On the environment, 

they want no VAT on 

low emissions LESS 

equipment, as well as a 

60% grant on LESS 

equipment and other 

environmental investments 

purchased 

through a properly 

funded TAMS II. Continuing 

that theme, a 

rebate system should 

be introduced to 

encourage the switch 

from CAN to Protected 

Urea. In addition to a 

properly resourced 

TAMS II, the organisation 

thinks that a 

reformed and funded 

Agri-environment 

scheme could attract 

an additional 10,000 

participants next year. 

The surge of interest 

in the Department’s 

piloted dairy calf-tobeef 

scheme – an initiative 

proposed by 

ICMSA – strongly indicates 

that a better 

resourced scheme 

would have even more 

applicants with proven 

emissions reductions 

and better returns for 

individual farmers. A 

payments ‘break’ for 

farmers suffering from 

outbreaks of bovine 

TB would cost paltry 

sums and would function 

along the lines of 

www.freepik.com 

the Covid-19 payment 

breaks that so proved 

their worth recently. 

The organisation has 

also called for shortterm 

incapacitation 

benefits to be extended 

to the self-employed so 

that farmers – “the 

most dangerous occupation 

in Ireland” – 

can enjoy a similar levels 

of social protection 

to those available to 

workers in other much 

less dangerous sectors, 

concluded Mr. McCormack. 

Schools webinar series “Agri Aware Dig In” Launched 

McDermott calls for survey on 

die back on ash trees on N52 

BY CLAIRE CORRIGAN 

Cllr. Frank McDermott 

(FG) asked the Municipal 

District of Mullingar 

Kinnegad to ask the district 

to carry out a survey 

of die back on ash 

trees on the N52 Delvin 

to Clonmellon and was 

told that roadside trees 

on field boundaries are 

the responsibility of the 

landowners to maintain. 

Landowners should 

have their trees 

inspected frequently and 

take whatever measures 

necessary to ensure the 

roadside trees do not 

present a hazard to the 

public. This matter has 

been discussed with the 

NRDO and they are 

seeking the advice of the 

Transport Infrastructue 

Ireland (TII) in relation 

to a policy for dealing 

with Ash Die Back along 

National Road verges. 

Cllr McDermott 

stressed he would like to 

see the district engineer 

“have a look and see is 

there any danger 

involved” with Cllr 

Hazel Smyth (GP) 

adding that if the audit 

could be conducted 

using an arborist. 

Director of Services, 

Deirdre O’Reilly said the 

survey would fall under 

the remit of the transportation 

section and 

said she would pass his 

comments on. “We will 

also await response from 

Alan Jagoe, Agri Aware Chairman, Minister Martin Heydon, Aimee Gray, Agri Aware 

Education Officer and Marcus O’Halloran, Agri Aware Executive Director. 

the NRO through TTI in 

relation to treatment of 

ash die back.” 

At the same meeting, 

he asked the district to 

consider designing an 

extension to our looped 

walk, to include along 

the bank of the Glore 

river to Traynor’s 

bridge, the Distillery, 

Gallaghers Moateens, 

etc. 

We are aware of the 

great work being done 

and would encourage 

the community to 

develop a proposal for 

consideration by the 

Community section for 

funding for next year 

under Outdoor Recreation, 

LEADER, etc. 

McConalogue continues CAP 

consultation tour in Westmeath 

Minister for Agriculture, 

Food and the 

Marine, Charlie 

McConalogue, will continue 

his Common 

Agriculture Policy 

(CAP) Consultation 

Tour in Westmeath on 

Wednesday, 29 September. 

The Minister will 

speak at Delvin Mart at 

11am. 

The Minister plans to 

visit every county to 

hear directly from 

farmers as part of the 

CAP consultation 

process over the coming 

weeks. Ireland's 

CAP Strategic Plan 

must be submitted 

before 1 January 2022 

in order to have the 

new CAP in place for 

Minister for 

Agriculture, 

Food and the 

Marine, 

Charlie 

McConalogue 

January 2023. 

Details on mart visits 

will be released 

through agri, social 

and local media. Interested 

farmers are 

encouraged to contact 

their farming organisations 

or their local 

mart before attending 

due to necessary 

COVID-19 restrictions 

and responsibilities.



25 

UN Food 

Summit “won’t 

even address 

the core 

problem – let 

alone solve it” 

- ICMSA 

Speaking days before 

Minister McConalogue 

represents Ireland at 

the U.N. Food Systems 

Summit, the President 

of ICMSA has said that 

the possibility of anything 

meaningful 

emerging from the conference 

was “virtually 

nil”. Mr. Pat McCormack 

said that until 

the dominant role of 

multinational retail 

corporations in global 

food systems was 

addressed, there was 

no chance whatsoever 

of introducing the 

kind of fundamental 

shift towards environmental 

and economic 

sustainability that 

these kinds of 

grandiose summits 

advertised. 

Mr McCormack said 

that Minister McConalogue 

carried the best 

wishes of Irish farmers 

with him to the 

summit, but there was 

no corresponding confidence 

that the core 

problems around food 

system reform would 

even be addressed, let 

alone solved. As an 

example, Mr McCormack 

cited the the 

Irish ‘Pathway’ paper, 

published to coincide 

with the Summit, and 

noted that there was 

not a single reference 

in it to the pricing of 

food, the one element 

without which it’s not 

possible to understand 

either the challenge or 

possible solutions. 

“I read the Irish 

‘Pathways’ document 

that sets out our position 

and have to admit 

to being very disappointed. 

There is not a 

single reference in it to 

establishing the real 

economic and environmental 

cost of producing 

food and then 

ensuring that that cost 

is met by either the 

consumers or the 

retailers who sell to the 

consumers. I’ve said 

this before and I’m 

going to say it again: if 

we continue allowing 

the retailers to use 


their market dominance 

to sell food at 

below its real cost, 

then we just don’t have 

a chance of doing anything 

as regards 

reform of the food systems. 

If government 

won’t insist on the 

market paying the real 

cost and continues to 

allow retail corporations 

to underpay their 

suppliers and undercharge 

their customers, 

then 

everything else is just 

pointless and this summit 

can just join the 

already lengthy list of 

irrelevant events that 

make officials feel better 

but achieve 

absolutely nothing.” 

The ICMSA President 

said that it was 

becoming more and 

more obvious that the 

only group who were 

singled out for regulation 

and mandatory 

measures were farmers 

and for everyone 

else it was just a case 

of: “See what you can 

do there, if you can be 

bothered, if you don’t 

mind.” 

“We’re very aware of 

the dangers of oversimplification 

on this 

dizzyingly complex 

and overlapping issue. 

But farmers would feel 

that if there was ever a 

case for reverse-engineering 

our way to the 

starting point of an 

answer then reforming 

the food systems to 

make them more sustainable 

has to be the 

most feasible option. 

We have to start with 

the fundamental fact 

that there is a real economic 

and environmental 

cost to 

producing sustainable 

food and that once this 

price has been established 

then it has to be 

paid by the consumer. 

If we can’t even get to 

that self-evident truth, 

then, honestly, we 

haven’t a hope of getting 

to where we all 

know we need to get 

to”, said Mr McCormack. 

National Ploughing Championships 

2021 was a huge success 

The National Ploughing 

Championships, first established 

in 1931, celebrated 

its 90th anniversary in 

Ratheniska, Co Laois with 

the focus firmly back on the 

Association’s ploughing 

roots. 

A true ‘Ploughing’ master 

class was on display with 

the finest ploughmen and 

women from all over the 

country battling it out on 

150 acres in 22 separate 

classes over the three days 

as old friend’s reunited and 

new marvellous memories 

were made. 

Martin Kehoe from Wexford 

became the National 

Senior Conventional 

Ploughing Champion 

and Dan Donnelly from 

Wexford won the Senior 

Reversible Contest. Siobhan 

Dermody from Co 

Kilkenny was crowned the 

‘Queen of the Plough’ following 

her win in the 

farmerette class. Aisling 

O’Toole from Co Kildare 

was named the 2021 

National Brown Bread 

Baker winning a prize fund 

of €15,000, her award winning 

loaf will be available 

to purchase in Aldi stores 

nationwide for the next 

year. This year’s overall 

Innovation Arena Awards 

NPA Managing Director Anna May McHugh, President James Sutton and Chairman Mick Mahon congratulate the 

new National Conventional Ploughing Champion Martin Kehoe and the new National Reversible Ploughing 

Champion Dan Donnelly, both from Wexford. 

with Enterprise Ireland winner 

was marine biotech 

company Brandon Bioscience 

in Tralee, Co Kerry. 

In collaboration with the 

traditional fertiliser manufacturer 

Target Fertilisers, 

the company’s winning 

entry is an innovative new 

biostimulant product using 

extracts from common 

brown seaweed that has 

the potential to reduce 

chemical nitrogen input on 

farms by up to 20 per cent. 

The best overall start-up 

award went to Jennifer and 

Kevin Corley, founders of 

EquiTrace which is an app 

that works with a horse’s 

microchip to identify, locate 

and track individual animals 

as they move while also 

recording animal temperature 

and health records 

when used with a Merck 

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Both the overall and 

best start-up Award winners 

will receive a prize 

fund of €5,000 each. 

So as the final sod was 

turned in Ratheniska on 

Wedsnesday, 15th September 

signalling the end of 

the 2021 National Ploughing, 

thoughts are firmly on 

the 2022 event returning to 

Ratheniska next year, from 

20 – 22 September. 

Significant step in sheepmeat access to China 

- Protocols for export 

of sheep meat and 

breeding pigs signed 

- Ongoing engagement 

on the resumption 

of beef exports 

Significant advances 

in gaining access to the 

Chinese market for 

Irish sheepmeat were 

announced on 18 September 

by Charlie 

McConalogue TD, Minister 

for Agriculture, 

Food and the Marine. 


and Minister NI of the 

General Administration 

of Customs of 

China (GACC) have 

signed and exchanged 

formal protocols that 

will pave the way for 

the export of sheepmeat 

and breeding pigs 

from Ireland to China. 

China accounts for 

38% of the global 

sheepmeat import market. 

In 2020, China’s 

sheep meat imports 

amounted to 365,000 

tonnes and were valued 

at €1.47bn at current 

exchange rates. 

SHEEPMEAT 

Minister 

McConalogue 

said: “The sheepmeat 

protocol that I 

have signed today represents 

an important 

milestone in gaining 

access to the Chinese 

market. China is a substantial 

importer of 

sheep meat, with a positive 

outlook for 

demand in the long 

term. I expect that, 

when the remaining 

steps are completed to 

enable trade to commence, 

exports will 

grow gradually over 

time, as Chinese consumers 

become familiar 

with the quality 

and taste of our Irish 

sheepmeat offering.” 

A number of technical 

steps remain before 

GACC can include the 

list of approved plants 

on their website. In 

addition, before trade 

can commence, DAFM 

will have to put in 

place systems and safeguards 

to ensure compliance 

with protocol 

requirements on eligible 

product. This may 

take a number of 

months. 

L-R: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue and Minister of 

State for new market development Martin Heydon. 

BREEDING PIGS 


and Minister NI 

also signed a protocol 

on live pigs, which sets 

out the quarantine and 

hygiene requirements 

for the export of highquality 

breeding pigs 

to China. 

BEEF ACCESS 

Department officials, 

through the Embassy 

of Ireland in Beijing, 

continue to engage positively 

with their Chinese 

counterparts with 

a view to re-opening 

market access for Irish 

beef. However, the timing 

of that decision lies 

with the Chinese 

authorities. Minister 

McConalogue commented: 

“Regaining 

beef access to the Chinese 

market remains a 

priority. Our engagement 

on these protocols 

is encouraging in 

this regard, and I hope 

that the Chinese 

authorities will soon 

be in a position to 

make a positive decision 

to allow exports to 

resume.”




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Chairperson of Offaly ICMSA: Michael Guinan, 

Rahan, 086-8766851 

Chairperson of Meath ICMSA: 

Ciaran McCabe, Oldcastle, 086-8454814 

Chairperson of Westmeath ICMSA: 

John Harrington, Mullingar, 087-6335303 

Or please contact your local ICMSA 

Development Officer: 

John Gormley, 087-1618213 

ICMSA Head Office: John Feely House, 

Dublin Road, Limerick. 

(Tel) 061-314677, or info@icmsa.ie 

Please also look at our website at www.icmsa.ie 

Carrick Mill, Lough Bawn, Collinstown, Co. Westmeath 

Celebrating 40 Years in Business 

We manufacture and supply a comprehensive range of Vitamin/Mineral 

supplements and Molassed Mineral Licks for all classes of Farm Livestock, 

including Lambs, Ewes, both pre- and post-lambing, Calves, Dairy and Suckler 

Cows, both pre-calving and lactating, Beef cattle, Horses and Camels. 

Contact us for advice on the most suitable mixture for your 

farm livestock requirements. 

Tel: 044 966 6458 

Email: info@dtan.ie Web: www.dtan.ie




27 

Local Agricultural Students Encouraged 

To Apply For John Feely Scholarships 

The John Feely Foundation 

has announced 

that applications are 

now being accepted for 

the four scholarships 

awarded by the group 

each year. A sum of 

€1,500 each is awarded 

to four students in 

Year One of an agricultural 

course at Clonakilty, 

Kildalton, 

Pallaskenry, Gurteen, 

Mountbellew and Ballyhaise 

agricultural 

colleges. or who is 

studying an agriculture 

related course in 

Tel: 046 973 9014 

Castlejordan 

another third level 

institution. Applications 

can be made by 

any ICMSA member 

who are required to 

give their own name, 

phone and membership 

number while 

nominating the stu- 

Email: sales@pfgill.ie 

dent, as well as providing 

the student’s home 

address, the course the 

student is engaged 

upon, and the institution 

the student is 

attending. Applications 

from the Midlands 

are particularly 

welcomed by the Foundation 

and can either 

be emailed to: 

info@icmsa.ie or 

posted to John Feely 

Scholarships, ICMSA, 

John Feely House, 

Dublin Road, Limerick, 

V94 KX38. 

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received no later than 

Friday, 29 October. The 

successful students 

will be selected by 

supervised draw and 

will be notified before 

the end of 2021. 

To Join today 

Call IFA Offaly 

057 934 1447 

www.ifa.ie 

BALLINALACK, 

MULLINGAR, 

CO. WESTMEATH 

Tel: 044 9371186 

Mob: 087 2613105 

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