Budget measures don’t go far enough: ‘Lack of action on farm income volatility’ - ICMSA

Є1.8b in funding allocated to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Budget measures don’t go far enough: ‘Lack of action on farm income volatility’ - ICMSA

ICMSA President, Pat McCormack, on his Tipperary farm. File Photo. 

The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) says the measures introduced by today’s budgets don’t go far enough for the agri-sector.

It’s President, Pat McCormack - who was speaking in the aftermath of today’s Budget which saw an extension of both the Consanguinity and Stamp Duty Restructuring reliefs - said that while there was a number of positive outcomes, “there is a continued lack of action by the Government on farm income volatility”.

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