Level of funding to determine 'level of ambition' to implement Food Vision measures

Ireland is a “world leader in the production of safe, sustainable, and tradeable beef”. Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said that "we want to build on these foundations to become even more sustainable" over the coming years.

The level of ambition "will be determined by the level of new funding" available to implement measures outlined in the Food Vision Beef and Sheep Group report, farmers have said.

Irish Farmers' Association livestock chairman Brendan Golden said that otherwise, farmers "do not have the financial capacity to invest" in environmental measures at farm level "that may or may not deliver return in the longer term".