Environment Committee

John Murphy

Chair IFA Environmental & Rural Affairs Committee

086-2795828 [email protected]

Geraldine O’Sullivan

Senior Policy Executive

01-4260343 [email protected]

The roles of the Environment & Rural Affairs Committee include:

• Removing unnecessary and excessive bureaucracy which is being imposed on farmers.
• Creating a greater understanding that farmers in recent years have spent over €2.5bn ensuring that their farms conform to the highest environmental standards and have the most emission efficient food production system in Europe.

Other important issues are:

• Ensuring proposed climate legislation does not hinder the development of the sustainable agri-food sector.
• Securing changes to existing hedge cutting dates.
• On-going support of farm families impacted by infrastructure projects.
• Opposing unjustifiable changes being imposed on rural dwellers.
• Seeking a more practical solution to the on-going farming by date and slurry spreading difficulties.
• Continuing to identify on-farm cost savings through the voluntary Smart Farming initiative.

Environment & Rural Affairs Committee