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Farm incomes and new Charter of Rightsare Eddie Downey’s priorities as PresidentDear Member,

I am greatly honoured to be elected the 14thPresident of the IFA. Having spent the back-end of last year meeting farmers and IFAofficers in every corner of the country, I amacutely aware of the concerns being raisedby farm families. Top of the list are:• Farm incomes must be improved by

securing strong prices for our qualityproduce, maximising CAP payments andreducing input costs, and

• A new Charter of Farmers’ Rights isrequired to remove the stress and fearsurrounding inspections, and guaranteefarmers the respect and fair play theydeserve.

To these priorities, I want to add two morethat are crucial to our future in farming:• Irish agriculture must not be

sacrificed in EU trade deals that turn ablind eye to imports which fail to meetEuropean standards, and

• In the Government’s review of farmtaxation, we must hold what we haveand push for new measures on farminvestment, land mobility, incomevolatility and succession.

Despite the serious challenges faced in2013 - with bad weather until June, highcosts and the fodder crisis - Agriculturecontinued to drive growth in exports, jobsand economic recovery. We deliveredrecord exports of €10b and 25,000 extrajobs were attributed to agriculture and food.

IncomesHowever, farm incomes still compareunfavourably with other sectors. Theaverage family farm income in 2013 wasjust €21,400, compared to €32,200 foraverage industrial earnings and €48,300 foraverage public sector earnings.

My message to Government, processors andretailers is that farmers must be properlyand fairly rewarded for the job they do inproducing high quality food.

IFA is continuing to push for higher productprices across all commodities. Pricesmust reflect the cost of production and

deliver a fair margin to reward hard workand allow reinvestment. Farmers need tosee a real price and income dividendfrom quality assurance and sustainabilityprogrammes such as Origin Green.

Winter finishersThe price cuts and specification changesimposed by the factories on bull beefproducers since December have inflictedserious losses on winter finishers. IFA hasmet the factories, both locally andnationally and livestock farmers haveprotested outside factories challengingthem to restore price stability andconfidence in the sector.

IFA has also protested over the beef lossesto Minister Coveney demanding that heconfronts the factories directly. I havemade it clear to the Minister that this is acritical test of Food Harvest 2020 and hemust stand firm on the side of producers.

Input costsFarmers are also being squeezed by highinput costs. Since 2005, the cost offertiliser is up by 62% and energy by36%. The EU must take steps to tackle theinternational price cartels openly operatingin the fertiliser sector. At home, theGovernment must do more to cut the costof doing business.

IFA is challenging all providers of inputs andservices to become more efficient andreduce their costs. We are expanding ourrange of price surveys in order to maximiseprice competition.

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IFA President Eddie Downey withTaoiseach Enda Kenny at theGovernment announcement of€580m/year in national/EU fundingfor the new CAP Rural DevelopmentProgramme 2014 - 2020

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The fear and stress on farm families arisingfrom compliance and inspections is totallyunacceptable. I am demanding a newCharter of Farmers’ Rights that does awaywith the current Big Brother mentality andensures farmers are treated with respect.

I have opened negotiations with MinisterCoveney and the Department seekingagreement on a new Charter with specificcommitments on:• Realistic notice of all farm inspections• A reduction in the number of inspections

and no duplication• A yellow card system and proper

tolerances for minor infringementsbefore any penalties are imposed

• The elimination of unnecessary andfrustrating red tape

• Delivery of payments on time to allfarmers, and

• Tackling the unacceptable behaviour ofthe SIU.

Deputy President Tim O’Leary now hasresponsibility within IFA for dealing with allongoing issues relating to direct paymentsdue to farmers. The Deputy has met all IFACommittee Chairmen and set out the IFAagenda in negotiations with theDepartment.

On the eligible land problems, IFA hasmade it clear to Minister Coveney that hemust go back to Brussels. It isunacceptable that farmers, who applied ingood faith, are being hit with retrospectivepenalties.

Trade talksIFA rejects the way the EuropeanCommission is using agriculture as its mainbargaining chip in bilateral tradenegotiations with Canada, the US andBrazil. As a major beef exporter, Irelandstands to lose far more than any other EUmember state.

The potential damage from the recent EU-Canada deal allowing 45,000t of steakcuts onto the European market is very real.A similar deal with the US and Brazil, giventheir magnitude, would have a devastatingimpact on our livestock sector.

I have called on the Government, Teagascand Bord Bia to undertake a fullassessment of the potential damage to ourbeef sector focusing on cattle prices, farmincomes, jobs and exports. This must alsoinclude the impact on the dairy and white

Newly elected IFA Executive Board: (l-r) Munster Regional Chairman JamesMcCarthy, National Treasurer/Returning Officer Jer Bergin, Deputy President TimO’Leary, President Eddie Downey, Ulster/North Leinster Chairman Bert Stewart,Connacht Chairman Tom Turley and South Leinster Chairman James Murphy.

Milk prices can be held for most of 2014

meat sectors.

IFA has also made it clear to the EUCommission that Brazil’s lack of reliablefood safety, animal movement andtraceability standards mean it should beexcluded from access to the EU market, asit is from the US.

The US and Canada must be subject toimport quotas and end-use controls to

Negotiations on new Charter of Rightsget underway

minimise damage to the European market,as well as strict equivalence of standards.

I give you a firm commitment, as President,that I will work hard with our new team todeliver results for all farm families.

Thank you

Eddie Downey

Eddie Downey reports that co-ops haveresponded to IFA’s milk price campaign of late2013 by finding different ways of passing backsome of the additional market buoyancy we hadhighlighted: through top ups and other means,such as volatility funds, and feed and fertiliserrebates.

Dairy Chairman Sean O’Leary says that withrobust demand keeping well up despite risingglobal output, there are strong indications thatmilk prices can be held for most of 2014.Meanwhile IFA continues lobbying in Brussels onsuperlevy, but there is more support in Europefor production management after 2015 than forany relief before that date.

Both Eddie Downey and Sean O’Leary have met with co-ops to press for areview of their development plans to identify opportunities for joint investment.IFA has urged all the co-ops involved and the Irish Dairy Board to re-engageurgently and find a solution to the centralised Kerrygold packaging project.

IFA negotiation has helped shape a QA & Sustainability Scheme which thevast majority of dairy farmers should have no difficulty complying with. As thescheme is voluntary, farmers will decide when they are ready to engage, andIFA is calling on co-ops to incentivise farmers’ participation. Already, a numberof audits have taken place, and reports from farmers are positive.

Sean O’Leary

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Downey puts IFA’s priorities in TaxReview to Minister Noonan

President Eddie Downey addresses Minister for Finance Michael Noonan at theAssociation' Executive Council.

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- ‘Pay & file’ date - disposed to treatingfarming as an exception because ofend-year direct payments, so that thedates for filing returns and paying taxcould be separated

- Income volatility - will look atinternational examples of tax tools thatmight benefit Ireland

- Simplification of tax returns – can belooked at as part of the review

- Mandatory purchase of co-op shares - EU state aid rules are the main

difficulty in allowing tax relief- Land leasing tax exemption – will look

at how it can be refined to increaseuptake and land mobility

- Farm Forestry – is looking at newideas to address the ‘high incomeearner restriction’.

Eddie Downey identified the Association’spriorities to Minister for Finance MichaelNoonan in the current review of farmtaxation, when the Minister attended arecent meeting of the IFA ExecutiveCouncil: - That valuable existing tax reliefs,

critical to the development and growthof the sector, are maintained

- To secure new tax incentives to drivestructural improvements by incentivisingland transfer, mobility and investment,and

- To develop new taxation tools to helpdeal with volatility in farm incomes.

IFA is also pressing for the simplificationof tax returns and use of technology todrive down compliance costs for smalland medium size farmers.

Responding to Council members’questions, Minister Noonan said thereview was about making the system moreeffective for the sector and not aboutincreasing the tax take:- 90% agricultural relief - no plans to

change it

Eddie Downey has warned that the attack on bull beef prices by the factories has seriously erodedconfidence, inflicted severe losses on winter finishers and undermined important export markets.

Feeders are very frustrated and angry at the way the factories are changing the specification and usingdual pricing, weight and age limits to undermine the beef price. Bull beef finishers have been hit with cutsof €200 to €300 per head. The factories and their supermarket clients cannot move the goalposts byimposing a new spec in the middle of the production season.

Two years ago, factories pleaded with farmers not to export dairy calves live and promised positive marketreturns for bull beef. With the planned dairy expansion and more calves, livestock farmers need to be very careful.

IFA Livestock Chairman Henry Burns said farmershave learned an expensive lesson. In order to driveprice competition, the sector will shift its focus to thelive export options for calves to Spain and Holland,weanlings to continental EU markets and forward storesto North Africa.

IFA has secured a new direct ferry route to Britainthrough Stena and Minister Coveney must now removethe artificial barriers, including labelling, preventing thislive trade from realising its full potential for Irish farmers.With UK prices at the equivalent of €4.60 - €4.70/kg forsteers and a very large price gap with Ireland, thefactories cannot justify the price cuts on prime in-specsteers and heifers.

Henry Burns said pressure is mounting on MinisterCoveney. “He must reject the factories’ tactics andstand up for farmers.”

Over 1,500 farmers in factory protests against beef price cuts: IFAPresident Eddie Downey addresses protesters at Kepak in Clonee, Co Meath.Other protests were held at Dawn Meats, Grannagh, Co Waterford and ABPNenagh, Co Tipperary.

Minister must reject factories’ tactics

Henry Burns


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IFA President Eddie Downey has describedthe changes secured in the review of thenitrates regulations as “necessaryimprovements to support the developmentof the farming sector.”

“Two-thirds of soils in the country arecurrently nutrient hungry because theexisting regulations are inadequate. Theadditional phosphorous allowances ongrassland, and nitrogen on tillage ground,will begin to address this problem andsupport the sustainable growth of cropsand of the sector”.

“The decision by the EU Commission toapprove the continuation of the nitratesderogation for higher stocked farms is anessential requirement for the dairy andlivestock farmers who will drive growth inthe agri-food sector in line with thepotential identified in Food Harvest 2020.”

National Environment and Rural AffairsChairman Harold Kingston said the changeto the definition of soiled water, toinclude light fouling, better reflects thereality that soiled water is not the same asslurry.

However, IFA sees the failure to provideflexibility in the rigid calendar farmingregime as a missed opportunity to restorethe right of farmers to farm based on bestfarming conditions.

IFA has called on the Department ofAgriculture and Teagasc to immediatelydevelop proposals to maximise the use ofpig and poultry manures on neighbouringfarms, in order to encourage the fullutilisation of these manures as part of theregulations.

Undergrounding studymust examine full impactof electricity infrastructureEddie Downey has insisted that acomprehensive analysis of the overallimpact on farm families and ruralcommunities must be completed, as part ofthe Government appointed expert reviewpanel study of EirGrid’s electricityinfrastructure proposals.

IFA has requested that the panel beexpanded to included representatives withagricultural expertise and that theconcerns of everybody impacted by theproposed development must be taken intoaccount.

IFA tackles Minister Hogan on Nitrates regulations, Climate Changelegislation, water charges and rural littering: Environment and Local GovernmentMinister Phil Hogan in discussion with Eddie Downey.

IFA remains firm in its position thatundergrounding must be part of routedesign and the national planning board AnBord Pleanala must be the final arbiter andnot EirGrid.

Smart Farming cost-savingstudies begin in AprilIFA’s cross sector on-farm cost savinginitiative is kicking off this year in April.Members of over thirty discussion groupsacross the country will have a free on-farmcost saving study completed, with the aimof identifying savings of at least €5,000on each farm. Log onto www.ifarm.ie orwww.smartfarming.ie to keep up-to-datewith how the farmers are getting on.

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New CAP Programme 2014 - 2020

IFA Committee Chairmen get down to work with Minister Coveney on CAPimplementation, opening of Farm Schemes and Cattle Prices: (l-r) IFA SheepChairman John Lynskey, Livestock Chairman Henry Burns, Minister Simon Coveney, IFAPresident Eddie Downey, Rural Development Chairman Flor McCarthy, Dairy ChairmanSeán O’Leary and Grain Chairman Liam Dunne.

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Eddie Downey raises farmers’ concerns over EU trade negotiations withCatherine Day: Irish woman Ms Day is the top civil servant in the EuropeanCommission holding the position of Secretary General.

National Livestock Chairman Henry Burnssaid “the national suckler herd is underreal pressure and the €80 per cow/calfpayment under the new beef genomicscheme from 2015 is positive support. It isessential that the cost to farmers is kept toa minimum and the level of genotyping doesnot exceed 15%.”

National Dairy Chairman Sean O’Leary said“effective market supports” on the dairyside are essential to protect dairy farmincomes from excessive market volatility.

National Sheep Chairman John Lynskey saidMinister Coveney has agreed to re-examinethe proposal to incorporate the SheepGrassland payment into the SFP of flockowners. He insisted that the original €18mvalue of the grassland scheme must be fullyprotected for sheep farmers, so as to

maintain the national ewe flock and ensurethat payments to flock-owners are notdiluted over time through convergence.

IFA Grain Chairman Liam Dunne said theMinister must provide clarity on leasedentitlements so farmers can plan theirbusinesses and production. He also raisedthe greening issues and said Irish tillagefarmers must have maximum flexibility toease the burden and costs associated withimpractical crop rotation and ecologicalfocus area rules.

President Eddie Downey told MinisterCoveney “with the right approach to CAPimplementation, the farming and foodsector can play a central role in oureconomy recovery and deliver the targetsfor jobs and export growth in FoodHarvest 2020.”

IFA’s CAP campaign was one of the mostintensive ever undertaken. Over a two yearperiod, IFA officers in every county lobbiedrural TDs, particularly Governmentpoliticians, on several occasions as thenegotiations progressed.

The 20,000-strong farmer protest in Dublinwas crucial to a positive outcome in the CAPBudget negotiations, while the hugeattendance at the Mullingar Rally late lastyear sent a powerful message to Governmenton the need for strong Rural Developmentfunding.

The Single Farm Payment (SFP) of €1.2bnand Rural Development funding of €580mper annum will provide a major support tofarm incomes up to 2010.

Key elements of new CAP• Single Farm Payment to be based on the

Ireland’s internal convergence model withvariable Greening, which limits SFP re-distribution over the period 2015 to 2019

• Flat rate payments and Regionalisationare avoided

• Farmers on low payments to seeincreases to minimum of 60% of nationalaverage, estimated at €149/ha

• Young Farmers to receive a 25% SFPtop-up from a 2% deduction

• €25m National Reserve to assist newentrants and young farmers from a 3%SFP deduction

• 2013 Reference year and SFP based onentitlements

• Max. payment of €700/ha with SFP capof €150,000

• No transfers from PI (SFP) to P2 (RDP)• New €80/cow Suckler payment (beef

data and genomics scheme) worth €52mper year for 650,000 cows

• €195m DAs funding, to be known asAreas of Natural Constraint (ANCs)

• New €250m GLAS scheme - agri-environment payment of €5,000 per yearfor 50,000 farmers

• On-Farm Investment Programme for allsectors

• Protein crops - coupled payment• Sheep Grassland Payment proposed to

be incorporated into sheep farmers’ SFP.

IFA President Eddie Downey called onMinister Coveney to ensure a smoothtransition to the new CAP system. “TheDepartment must clarify the issues aroundleased entitlements and provide each farmerwith a detailed payment profile showinghow all these changes will impact on theirSFP over the next seven years.”


CAP Reform- CAP Budget successfully defended

against 30% cut- Total budget of €1.8b per year in

EU/national funding achieved forPillar I (SFP) & Pillar II (RDP) until2020

SFP - €1.214b per year secured- Flat payments and Regionalisation

rejected. Flexibility achieved onGreening

- SFP focused on active, productivefarmers

RURAL DEVELOPMENT- €580m per year secured for vital

farm schemes- Agri-environment scheme of

€5,000/year for 50,000 farmers,with GLAS+ top-ups

- Fully-funded Disadvantaged Areasscheme

- Programme for on-farm investmentacross all sectors

PRODUCT PRICES- IFA market intelligence and

pressure on purchasers maximiseprices in all sectors

- Retailer legislation promised forearly 2014

DIRECT PAYMENTS- Strong IFA pressure ensured over

€1.8bn paid out to farmers last yearand Minister Coveney has openednegotiations on an improved Charterof Rights

NITRATES- Derogation secured to support

sustainable growth- Extra P to address nutrient

deficiency in soils- Re-definition of soiled water- Increased nitrogen allowances for

crops

DAIRYMILK PRICES: IFA helped secure priceincreases of 7c/l to up to 39c/l incl VAT,end year top-ups in some co-ops andvolatility funds in othersLIQUID PRICES: We’re going broke

supplying milk campaign helped producergroups achieve prices close to 40c/lbreakeven identified by IFA QUOTA ABOLITION: Lobbying in Brusselsprevented superlevy by the back door after2015QA & SUSTAINABILITY: Hard negotiationdelivered a scheme the vast majority offarmers should have no difficulty complyingwith

LIVESTOCKSUCKLER SCHEME: Secured €52m fundingfor beef genomic scheme, delivering €80per cow to maintain national herdLIVE EXPORTS: Re-opened live trade toLibya, driving price competition in the beefand livestock sector and increasingnumbers shipped by 50,000 to 210,000headBTAP: €5m aid to beef discussion groupsfor livestock farmers

REPUTATION: Protected good reputationof Irish beef in horsemeat scandal

LAND MOBILITYRetention of 90% Agricultural Relief andintroduction of capital acquisitions taxrelief for disposals for farm restructuringExtension of long-term land leasingincentives to encourage land mobility

FARM BUSINESSTHIRD LEVEL MAINTENANCE GRANTS:Strong IFA campaign resisted inclusion offarmland in income assessment PAY & FILE DATES: Existing dates forself-assessment retained avoidingcashflow problems on farmsVAT REFUND: Flat-rate refund increasedfrom 4.8% to 5.0% from January 2014,an increase worth €10m per year tofarmers

Meeting Minister Howlin to secure Rural Development funding: (l-r) Wicklow CoChairman Tom Short, Wexford Chairman Pat Murray, Minister for Public Expenditureand Reform Brendan Howlin, IFA General Secretary Pat Smith and Wexford SheepChairman James Kehoe.

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Transport Minister Leo Varadkar exempted hay and straw from load heightregulations following representations from IFA: (l-r) Minister Varadkar, PresidentEddie Downey and IFA Environment Committee Chairman Harold Kingston.


PIGSDNA TRACEBACK: Exposed imports andhighlighted labelling deficiencies byprocessors and retailersIFA/TEAGASC JOINT PROGRAMMEdesigned to support Irish pig producers byproviding advice, research and educationacross a range of important issues in thesectorPRRS: Strategy agreed to compensateaffected farmers

GRAINFocus on farm-to-farm trading anddeveloping niche markets in malting andmilling

POULTRYOngoing negotiations to secure viable pricesfor broiler producers

ANIMAL HEALTHTB: Herd incidence down to 3.85% in 2013from 4.21% in 2012 and APT (animals per’000 tested) dropped to 1.84 from 2.17

BVD: Programme significantly reduced riskto farmers of unknowingly purchasing PIanimals. Eradication estimated to be worthover €100m annually to farmers.

JOHNES: Pilot programme established, withDepartment and co-op supports forparticipants, to quantify actual costsinvolved for farmers

SHEEPLAMB PRICES: Through strong priceinformation and re-opening of live exports,IFA secured an increase in mid-seasonlamb prices and a doubling of live exportnumbersSTAP: €3m secured for sheep discussiongroups, worth over €800 per farmerSHEEP GRASSLAND: Rollover of €15mfunding secured for 2014 scheme

ENVIRONMENT & RURAL AFFAIRSLOAD HEIGHTS: Exemption for hay andstraw will reduce transport costsCLIMATE CHANGE: Recognition at EU levelthat policy cannot damage Ireland’ssustainable growth plans for agricultureSMART FARMING: IFA-led initiative todeliver on-farm cost savings and improvedreturns through better resource

IFA’s Retail Protests highlight need for statutory code of conduct: IFA tookretailers to task for selling vegetables at 5c per kilo and demanded a ban on belowcost selling.

Meeting with EU Commission Head of Agriculture and Rural Development: (l-r)President Eddie Downey, Jerzy Bogdan Plewa Director-General for Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, IFA General Secretary Pat Smith and European Director Michael Treacy.

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managementPYLONS: Government agrees to examineundergrounding of pylons as part of Grid25plansCOMMUNITY TEXT ALERT: IFA - An GardaSíochana partnership links Gardaí with keyIFA officers to reduce criminality in ruralareas

FARM FAMILYEstablished Freephone suicide helpline1890 13 00 22 with Pieta HouseOngoing Farm Safety campaigns

INPUTS & SERVICESOngoing campaigns to reduce input costsfor farmers across a wide range of products

and servicesHelping individual members withpayment delays, inspection issues,credit legal and other problems

OTHERFARM FORESTRY: €114.8m fundingsecured for 20142013 FODDER CRISIS: IFA fundsourced and imported 30,000t of feedfrom Britain, France and theNetherlandsBOGS: Reduction in the number ofdesignated bogsHORTICULTURE: €4.2m grant aid forinvestment


Negotiating with OPW Minister Brian Hayes for flood relief measures: PresidentEddie Downey with Minister Brian Hayes.

IFA sets targets for Minister Coveney todeliver in new Farm SchemesIFA Rural Development Chairman FlorMcCarthy said the IFA campaign, whichsecured €580m per year in EU/nationalfunding for the Pillar II Rural DevelopmentProgramme 2014 – 2020, is now focussed onensuring effective implementation of the newfarm schemes.

Rural Development payments make up asignificant part of farm income, particularlyfor the Cattle and Sheep sectors. Theagreement on the financial envelope for RDProgramme forms the basis for a wide rangeof measures, which is expected to besubmitted to the EU Commission by Easter forapproval, and IFA is calling for the opening ofall measures to applications by this autumn.

IFA has set important targets for MinisterCoveney for the new agri-environmentscheme GLAS, which must pay an average of€5,000/year to include 50,000 farmers overthe next number of years, with a significantnumber qualifying for the GLAS Plus €2,000top-up mainly in SAC and Commonage areas.

The retention of funding for theDisadvantaged Areas (to be renamed Areasof Natural Constraint ANCs) is welcome, butthe Government must set out a plan to restorepayments to their pre-cut levels in the lifetimeof the programme.

On the new farm investment programme,Flor McCarthy said IFA is looking for a broadscheme with 40% grant aid up to aninvestment limit of €72,000 across all farmingsectors. Standard costs must be increasedparticularly in areas where costs are highsuch as mountain and island areas.

Other measures which form part of the RuralDevelopment Programme will be discussiongroups, the Leader programme, and supportfor partnerships.

Hill AreasNew IFA Hill Farming Chairman Pat Dunnesaid the Department proposal that 80% ofcommonage holders must agree on astocking regime before entry into the newGLAS scheme is totally unworkable andunacceptable. He said this must change and

he called on Minister Coveney to immediatelyestablish a working group on commonagestocking levels, which has been promisedfor some time.

Pat Dunne insisted that an UplandEnvironmental Management Scheme mustbe a key measure in GLAS and that thepayment for commonages and Natura areasmust be increased from the current AEOSlevel of €75 to €150 per ha.

TAMs FundingFlor McCarthy reports that all farmers whoapplied for the TAMs Dairy Equipment andSheep Handling and Fencing schemes at endDecember 2013 must be eligible for grantaid. IFA has insisted that all TAMs funding isfully utilised and that any underspends in

other schemes are transferred to the dairyand sheep schemes. IFA is calling forDepartment approvals to be issuedimmediately.

Flood alleviation measuresFloods Project Chairman Tom Turley said thatthe priority for OPW Minister Brian Hayes mustbe to ensure that a proper river maintenancescheme is put in place. Following the recentflooding, it is clear that the mismanagement ofour waterways and flood defences has led tothousands of hectares of land being floodedincluding many farmyards. Following a visit tocoastal damaged areas in Co Mayo, TomTurley said no farmer must be penalisedunder farm payment schemes where rock anddebris have been strewn across productiveland as a result of storms.

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IFA surveys Shannon flooding damage: (l-r), Bertie Roche, Connacht Chairman TomTurley who also has responsibility for flood and water management, President EddieDowney, Michael Ryder and Galway Co Chairman Michael Flynn.


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