CAP to 2030 & Beyond – IFA Event to Be Held Next Month
IFA President Francie Gorman has announced a CAP event to be held next month. The purpose of the event is to give farmers an insight into the development of the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and progress on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
The event – CAP to 2030 & Beyond – will be held in the Kilashee Hotel in Naas, Co Kildare on Tues, May 13th, 2025 at 7.30pm.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine Martin Heydon will open the event.
The Chief Executive of the European farmer umbrella body COPA-Cogeca Elli Tsiforou and Tassos Haniotis, who has had high level involvement on previous CAP programmes in the EU Commission, will bring their high-level perspectives from Brussels along with IFA Brussels Director Liam MacHale.
Francie Gorman said the next CAP faces challenges the like of which we have never seen before due primarily to geo-political challenges.
“IFA believes that the CAP has to be properly funded and must focus on supporting food production. That was its primary ambition when it was founded. However, trying to meet too many objectives has diluted the core aim of the CAP and its value to farmers,” he said.
“The policy framework that determines how CAP works for farming in Ireland is critical to the future of the sector. This event will look at the background to CAP and the current issues that will be part of the negotiations that will play out between now and the end of 2026. Ireland will hold the EU Presidency for the second half of 2026, which will be a crucial time period for the talks,” he said.
Registration details will be available in the coming days.
