June Fanning

Intent: To ensure industry concerns in relation to proposed changes were understood.

Details: Review of EU legislation in relation to freezing of meat

Intent: To ensure Director of Veterinary Operations understood current challenges facing industry in relation to health certification

Details: Veterinary operational challenges faced by industry arising from fuel protests

Intent: Ireland to support an EU ban on fur farming

Details: Email to DPO regarding support for the Eurogroup for Animals campaign for an EU-wide ban on fur farming & to raise our concerns about the European Commission upcoming announcements on its final response to the ECI Fur Free Europe. And to ask Ireland to support a ban on fur farming at the meeting of , ... Read more

Intent: Ireland to support the Council Resolution on fur farming and call on the Commission to effectively propose a ban on the practice and on the placing of farmed fur products on the EU market

Details: Sent email to DPO supporting the Eurogroup for Animals campaign for an EU-wide ban on fur farming. The communication related to the forthcoming European Commission Communication on fur farming and Austria’s proposed Council Resolution at AGRIFISH. Urged Ireland to support coordinated EU action to pr, ... Read more

Intent: Ongoing discussion with DAFM regarding the availability and retail of animal health vaccines to promote preventative treatments, market competition and improved animal health outcomes.

Details: Veternary Medincines Regulations

Intent: To highlight that, although the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine has resolved some of the issues affecting live trade, it must ensure all international trade certs are amended so animals from Ireland can continue to be exported to these countries.::To stress that most EU Member States with BTV 3 have overcome the issues with live exports through bilateral trade arrangements. This is helpful and ensures this vital trade can continue, but there are additional costs involved for export to some countries that must be resolved.::That, at this time of year, vector activity is low which creates potential for the disease to be contained and eradicated. Trade disruption and potential production losses on farms, would impact directly and solely on farmers, if the disease spreads.::To propose that, with new outbreaks of FMD across the EU, the Government must develop comprehensive plans for managing these diseases should they enter the country. These plans must include the extent o

Details: Bluetongue

Intent: To highlight that the proposal by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to retrospectively restrict the sale of cows in herds that have been locked up prior to the launch of the Bovine TB Action Plan is unfair on impacted farmers.::To firmly oppose the retrospective implementation of measures within the TB Action Plan. In particular, the proposed retrospective restriction on the sale of cows from exposed cohorts and the identification at point of sale of females over 18 months.::To highlight that these outbreaks have not been managed uniformly to date as envisaged in the TB Action Plan. To now impose restrictions retrospectively on farmers who operated in good faith is completely unfair on those impacted farmers.::To outline the disappointment at the lack of meaningful stakeholder engagement by the Department of Agriculture, Food, & the Marine on the implementation of the Bovine TB Action Plan.::To stress how farmers have engaged constructively and consistently on the de

Details: Bovine TB Action Plan

Intent: Host a recognised Event under the Irish EU Presidency, July to December 2026

Details: The client would like to host an event on animal health and welfare under the Irish Presidency.

Intent: UPDATE ON WORKING OF RELEVANT LEGISLATION

Details: S.I.

Intent: Awareness of the success of the industry worldwide

Details: Invitation to HRI awards