Walshe calls for new charter of rights

A NEW Charter of Farmers’ Rights has been called for by IFA President Pádraig Walshe to introduce a more commonsense approach to inspections for the Single Farm Payment and other farm schemes.

He said that there is now an opportunity for the Department of Agriculture to provide for a new and more acceptable protocol for farm inspections which must be agreed and be part of the CAP Health Check.

He was speaking at the first meeting between the IFA and Department of Agriculture to negotiate a new Charter of Farmers’ Rights