DAFM scheme of investment aid for commercial horticulture sector 2019
As part of the recent October budget, a provision was made for a horticultural grants scheme for 2019. This scheme is a significant support...
Creed announces Hen Harrier Bonus payments to qualifying farmers
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed T.D. has announced that almost €500,000 will be paid to farmers this week in...
Government announces Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (‘ACRES’)
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, today announced that the new national agri-environment scheme, proposed as part of Ireland’s draft CAP...
Revised procedures for submitting applications for Phytosanitary Certificates
With effect from Wednesday 16th of October 2019 all applications for phytosanitary certificates for the purpose of exports of plant and plant produce originating...
Unsolicited Seeds from outside the EU – DAFM
Over the last number of weeks, DAFM received reports from members of the public who received packets of seeds which they hadn’t ordered from...
DAFM – International Year of Plant Health 2020 (IYPH 2020)
Healthy plants constitute the foundation for all life on earth, making up the oxygen we breathe and over 80% of the food we eat....
Ministers announce €5m pilot project to study biodiversity on farms
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D., and Minister of State with responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett, have announced...
DAFM Brexit – Latest news and information
Disorderly Brexit Trader Notice 2 - Trader Notice 04/2019 (pdf 374Kb)
Disorderly Brexit Trader Notices - Trader Notice 02/2019 (doc 85Kb)
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New Forestry Knowledge Transfer Scheme 2020 has opened
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Andrew Doyle, announced the opening of the Forestry Knowledge Transfer Group (KTG)...
New Environmental Report Grant
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will pay a grant, as an interim measure, if a report from an ecologist or archaeologist...