Organisation: Agriculture Appeals Office

ICSA demands an end to payment penalty on farmers of marginal land

Up to 400 low-income farmers on marginal or hill ground are facing a 100% penalty on their single farm payment, the ICSA claims.

Tue, 20 May, 2014

Brussels Briefing: Speaking out in Parliament is protected

Socialist MEP Paul Murphy spoke forcefully in the European Parliament during the week against homophobic attitudes in Ireland.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2014

Retrospective penalties on land mapping are unfair, claims MEP

It is unfair for the State to apply equally stiff penalties to rates of 3% and 20% in land eligibility overclaims, according to Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly.

Wed, 05 Feb, 2014

Labours plans for land owners and walkers

LABOUR’S policies for rural Ireland and the agri-food sector are weighted towards the former, insofar as the party wants more rural development funding to go towards improving rural life and diversifying the rural economy.

Thu, 17 May, 2007

Know the pitfalls beforethe inspector calls

MANY of the pitfalls that can land farmers in trouble with the Department of Agriculture and Food are well known but they may not come to a farmer’s notice until the inspector calls — and it’s too late then.

Thu, 30 Nov, 2006

Treble trouble in herd hit by disease

HOW a herd was first depopulated due to a case of BSE, and then depopulated due to a case of brucellosis, and the farmer was refused the full rate of brucellosis reactor compensation, was described in the 2004 Annual Report of the Agriculture Appeals Office.

Thu, 20 Oct, 2005

Permit onus on farmers

CATTLE buyers and sellers are both warned to notify movements of stock to the Department of Agriculture and Food, but there is only one perforated slip on the Movement Permit - one of the bureaucratic challenges for farmers identified by the Agriculture Appeals Office.

Thu, 20 Oct, 2005

Paper nightmares for 25%

FOR some farmers, exercises like last week’s SPS application rush will always be a nightmare.

Thu, 19 May, 2005

9,000 farmers need help

ARE Irish farmers coping better with their paper work? It is not that long ago since farm organisations were highlighting example after example of farmers falling foul of the huge amount of form-filling needed to qualify for €3 billion per year of Brussels payments.

Thu, 05 Aug, 2004

New committee to deal with appeals

A new Single Payment Appeals Committee is being set up, Agriculture Minister Joe Walsh announced yesterday.

Sat, 21 Feb, 2004