{"id":1340549,"date":"2024-07-03T07:31:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T06:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1340549"},"modified":"2024-07-03T07:32:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T06:32:43","slug":"agreement-reached-on-new-farmers-charter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/agreement-reached-on-new-farmers-charter\/","title":{"rendered":"Agreement reached on new Farmers’ Charter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and farming organisations have reached an agreement on a new Farmers’ Charter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The charter, to be published in the coming days, sets out the timelines for applications, payments, inspections and appeals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agreement cannot grant rights which would affect or change the operation of EU or national law in so far as they apply to the schemes administered by the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The department said that the new charter will come into effect immediately on publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Farmers’ Charter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Irish Farmers Association (IFA), the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA), Macra, Irish Cattle and Sheep Association (ICSA), Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) and the Irish Co-operative Society (ICOS) participated in the negotiations on the new charter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue welcomed that an agreement had been reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There has been sharp criticism in delays to farm scheme payments under the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister McConalogue said that 2023 was the first year of the new CAP and it “was a significant undertaking for all involved”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cThere was a lot of work for farmers, their advisors and my own department in administering new schemes in the first year. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
“There were strong outcomes last year with a lot of good work done to ensure that a very high percentage of farmers were paid on the dates that were set out at the start of the year for scheme payments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Almost \u20ac1.8 billion was paid to farmers across the country during the last quarter of 2023,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n