Jim O'Toole

Intent: Ensure understanding of business position on progress and developments for the dairy industry with regards to the Bord Bia Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) dispute

Details: Bord Bia Support & Dairy Industry

Intent: A better understanding of issues impacting the trade of pigmeat including promotional activities

Details: To ensure industry challenges around pig meat were understood by Bord Bia

Intent: Ensure understanding of business position on progress and developments with regards to general economic development & sustainability within the dairy sector

Details: Economic Development & Sustainability priorities for the dairy industry

Intent: To see what process Bord Bia have in mind to short list members for the forum.::To seek assurance that every farmer and grower who applied would have a chance to attend a forum.::To ensure the forum would have a credible chair.

Details: Bord Bia Farmer Forum

Intent: To participate in the Food Vision 2023 Stakeholder meeting. IFA feeDback to DAFM:::To focus on farmer experience with Bord Bia audits.::To establish a farmer forum on the Quality Assurance Scheme to improve farmer engagement and two-way feedback on the work of Bord Bia.::To recommend a dedicated information campaign with stakeholder input, to better inform the general public about Origin Green and Quality Assurance Schemes and that means for consumers in Ireland and elsewhere.::To support the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marines initiative to enhance understanding of global supply chains for Irish food and drink and the understanding of labelling and food information for consumer requirements.::To question proposals circulated following the industry and farmer stakeholder meeting::1. To revisit the focus on farmer experiences with audits, as we move towards the end of the criteria review process in the Technical Advisory Committees (TAC).::- IFA has consistently sought Bor

Details: Food Vision 2030

Intent: To highlight that Bord Bia is responsible for the Quality Assurance standards on Irish farms. It is Bord Bia which inspect farms to ensure these standards. Farmers are constantly told that the customers want high standards. Yet now farmers find out that the Chair of Bord Bia's company Dawn Farm Foods is using Brazilian beef apparently at the behest of these same customers.::That IFA along with other farm organisations were scheduled to be in discussions with Bord Bia about Quality Assurance standards on farms. As farmer representatives, IFA cannot expect farmers to engage in meetings on standards while the Chair uses Brazilian beef.::To appeal to both the Minister for Agriculture and the Chair of Bord Bia to realise that prolonging this issue is not in anybody's interest and to put forward a proposal that the Chair should stand down, in the interests of Bord Bia and in the interests of Irish farming. The Minister must see the damage it is doing.::To highlight how Ireland has built up

Details: Bord Bia Protest

Intent: To propose a further discussion about the matters at hand before proceeding with the review.::To propose that the review process would be overseen by a 3-person Steering Committee. This Steering Committee should include members who have credibility within the farming community.::To propose that there should be an opportunity for farmers and citizens to make public submissions to the review. Bord Bia is funded by the State and by farmers and it is important that the key stakeholders have an opportunity to giver their input.::To propose that a draft of the review would be published before it is finalised to allow for further feedback.::That the proposed review process, including the draft Terms of Reference, would benefit considerably from a further discussion at the upcoming Board meeting.::To highlight that the draft Terms of Reference for the review were only shown to the Board on the day of the last Board meeting, in addition the IFA proposals regarding the review, which were submitt

Details: Governance Review of Bord Bia

Intent: Following the Bord Bia Chair Larry Murrin appearance before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food, the following 10 Questions were put the Chair by IFA:::1. Why the Chair of Bord Bia Larry Murrin did not disclose his conflict of interest to the board as stated in the Code of Governance for State bodies which says that all board members, including the Chair, must disclose any conflicts of interest or perceived conflicts of interest to the Board. At the JOC the Chair said that he considered this himself and he decided he wasn't conflicted.::2. At the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food the Chair of Bord Bia confirmed that his company Dawn Farm Foods was also importing significant quantities of poultry. Did he disclose this to the board at the emergency board meeting on January 22nd? When did he inform the Minister of this?::3. Why did the Chair not absent himself from the emergency board meeting, as set out in the Code of Governance for State bodies?::4. O

Details: 10 Questions for Chair of Bord Bia and Bord Bia

Intent: To recommend that there is a review of ‘Origin Green' to ensure it has the confidence of all parties in the food chain.::To highlight that individual ‘Origin Green' companies may have targets for sustainable sourcing of raw materials, but it seems that even these commitments can be met by sourcing materials from other sources with “recognised” sustainability certifications.::To question the conflation of the Bord Bia QA Schemes and ‘Origin Green'.::To highlight that the QA Schemes for farmers and food producers are far more robust and transparent than the self-selected actions by manufacturers and/or retail and food service companies to be part of ‘Origin Green'.::To highlight that manufacturers and food processing companies do not actually have to be part of any Bord Bia QA standard for food processors to be members of ‘Origin Green'.::To question why a company could benefit from the halo effect of ‘Origin Green' without necessarily using any Bord Bia Quality Assured product or being

Details: Origin Green - Bord Bia

Intent: To equip participants with insights into the EU and national policy landscape, enhancing their understanding of the policy making process.::To foster knowledge of policy directions in Ireland and Europe, enabling pro-active adaptation to change.::To develop skills for effective lobbying and media engagement to influence agricultural policies.::To prepare young farmers for future policy impacts on their operations, facilitating informed decision making.::To encourage networking among young farmers to strengthen collective influence and share insights.::To offer opportunities for participants to join IFA National Committees for enhanced involvement.::To engage with European Institutions and the Irish Government including the European Parliament and relevant Irish Government Departments.

Details: Ready to Lead Programme