Local TD Denis Naughten has asked the Agriculture Minister to clarify aspects of the new suckler cow scheme to ensure as many farmers as possible sign up…

Denis Naughten TD has revealed that up to one in five farmers under the age of 40 fall into the category of a ‘forgotten farmer’ with low or no single farm payment entitlements…

Eighteen years after the signing into law of the EU Habitats Directive on the restriction of turf cutting on SAC designated bogs, a succession of Governments have failed to deliver on the relocation of turfcutters, stated Denis Naughten TD. “Since the introduction of bog designations, there has been a complete failure to deliver on a fundamental plank of this law, …

Variations of up to 400% in the value of penalty applied by the Department of Agriculture following farm inspections across the country highlight the urgent need to overhaul the whole system, claims Denis Naughten TD.

Local TD Denis Naughten is calling on the Agriculture Minister to ensure that Roscommon farmers have the opportunity to apply under the upcoming GLAS environmental scheme.

“As the scheme is currently structured it will be difficult for farmers who don’t have SAC designated lands to access the scheme, and this would exclude thousands of farmers throughout County Roscommon,” explained Denis Naughten.

Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed the announcement by Minister Simon Coveney of the opening of the beef trade to the United States stating that the Minister and his officials “must be commended in their efforts to open up a major potential market for premium Irish beef”. “While there is potential to compete directly with US produced beef in the …

he disclosure by the Minister for Agriculture that over 7,000 farmers are still awaiting payments of €40m from the Department of Agriculture is “placing undue financial hardship on families”, according to TD Denis Naughten “Famers are forced to carry the cost of delayed payments, many of whom require payments to meet loans & other bills,” stated Denis Naughten.  “While many …

Local TD, Denis Naughten has welcomed changes to the farm tax proposals announced in the recent budget which ensures that young farmers can avail of a number of land access tax reliefs.

“Under the original proposals announced in the budget part time farmers were excluded from availing of long term farm leases & land transfers. The exclusion of this group would disproportionally affect farming in the West of Ireland” said Denis Naughten.