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Senator John McGahon has said that the viability of farms shouldn't be put in jeopardy as a result of the legislation

May 29, 2021 11:59 am The climate bill must not undermine the continued viability of sustainable Irish farming, Fine Gael TD, John Paul Phelan has said. The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 is currently going through the houses of the Oireachtas. At a Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting earlier this week, a motion about protecting the future for Irish farming families was agreed unanimously following a long discussion with members from both urban and rural constituencies backing the proposal. Climate bill support “Irish farmers are very climate aware, they w...

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May 13, 2021 2:14 pm Yesterday evening (Wednesday, May 12) the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 was voted to committee stage. This was the bill’s first vote in the Dáil, passing the second stage with 117 votes (Fianna Fáil; Fine Gael; Green Party; Sinn Féin; Social Democrats; Labour Party; Solidary-People before Profit; and three TDs in the Regional Group) versus 12 votes. The 12 TDs who voted against the progression of this bill are: Seán Canney; Joan Collins; Michael Collins; Michael Fitzmaurice; Danny Healy-Rae; Michael Healy-Rae; Mattie McGrath; Verona...

May 7, 2021 4:12 pm “Evolving land use models incorporating forestry are creating carbon-smart agriculture”, along with “empowering less intensive agriculture methodologies through which farmers gain and in which industrialisation is not the drumbeat of Irish farming”, according to a Green Party TD. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy was speaking in the Dáil this week on the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021. The deputy said that farmers and their families need to be supported so they can earn “appropriate incomes from their farms”, and that “diversificat...