Current memberships may indicate policy relevance. They do not prove why a lobbying contact was made, and may not match membership at the time of older returns.
Intent: The proposals presented in FCIs Pre-Budget Submission adopted in Budget 2027
Details: Invitation to attend Carers’ Priorities for Budget 2027 Town Halls events taking place from Aug 31 to September 14 in 19 locations across the country.
Intent: Called on the Government to withdraw the Bill before Seanad Éireann and urged Senators and all members of the Oireachtas to oppose it due to concerns over its ISDS clauses and the trade agreements it would facilitate. Also called for rejection of trade agreements containing ISDS provisions and for Ireland to use its influence to promote more progressive EU trade policy.
Details: Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025
Intent: Attendance at Launch of Research by Helium young people on Access to the Arts on 23 September
Details: Invitation to attend Launch of Research by Helium young people on Access to the Arts on 23 September 2026.
Intent: Ireland to commit to a fair and funded phase out of fossil fuels and to support a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Details: Climate Justice
Intent: IFA Propose::• IFA supports the Programme for Government commitment to reviewing the thresholds for CAT. As land values have increased, IFA supports the increase of the Category A threshold (parent and child) from the current rate of €400,000 to €500,000.::• Due to changing demographics and family structures, the Favourite Nephew or Niece relief should be extended to a Favourite Successor Relief, allowing the farm to be gifted to someone in a better position to continue farming the land. The movement from Category B/C threshold to Category A would allow for a lower tax liability, protecting the farm's sustainability and promoting generation renewal. This would align with a qualifying successor criterion under the Fair Deal Successor Scheme.::• No age limit requirements should be imposed on farmers seeking relief when transferring land between generations.
Details: Agriculture/Business Relief Capital Acquisition Tax (CAT) Values
Intent: To inform public representatives of our Pre Budget Submission with a view to securing meetings later in the year year with them.
Details: Submission of Pre Budget Submission
Intent: IFA Propose::• An appropriate compensation scheme, funded independent of CAP, is required to ensure farmers currently affected by designation are properly compensated for the farming restrictions placed on them and to account for loss of earnings and devaluation of land. Compensation should be permanent and in place for as long as the designation is in place.::A ‘no compensation, no designation' policy should apply. IFA oppose any further designations on farm land until current designations have been adequately compensated for and existing system inefficiencies redressed.::• No further restrictions should apply to lands currently designated. Instead, increased support (advisory; financial etc) should be provided and agricultural activity allowed to continue.::• Legislative provisions should be introduced to denote the voluntary nature of NRL interventions, with robust protective measures designed and in place to protect the security value and economic interests of adjoining landowners.
Details: Designated Areas
Intent: IFA propose the introduction of an agricultural Rainy Day Fund, which allows farmers across all sectors to put aside a small percentage of their gross receipts, whether in their coop, a specially assigned bank account, or a State Farm Volatility Fund.::IFA propose the deferred funds could subsequently be drawn down within the following five years, and the tax due would be paid in the year of withdrawal.
Details: Cost of Business on Farms
Intent: To highlight that despite consistently delivering a wide range of the highest quality food ingredients globally, most farmers struggle to obtain a positive market return for their endeavours.::IFA propose that targeted sectoral support sucklers (€300/cow), sheep (€35/ewe), tillage (€400/ha for additional land planted; €250/ha for cereal land retained), calf rearing (€100/dairy beef calf); beef sustainability (€100 per dairy and suckling yearling).::IFA propose that strong measures to support committed young farmers, female farmers & new entrants across all schemes.
Details: IFA Budget 2027 Submission - General Farm Schemes
Intent: To highlight that the ANC payment is the first direct payment typically received by farmers annually, and represents an integral revenue stream, particularly for the more vulnerable farm sectors. It offers support to farmers who face significant hardship from factors such as remoteness, difficult topography, climatic problems and poor soil conditions::IFA propose Increased funding should be allocated to the ANC scheme with existing payment rates adjusted for inflation (offering maximum payments of c.€5,500 for Category 1 lands and c.€4,000 for Category 2 lands at existing thresholds) and eligible area increased. This will help better preserve and protect the unique uplands eco-system; avoid land abandonment; and sustain the economic viability of a dwindling cohort of farmers::In 2024, €242.5m was spent on ANC, covering c.2.23m eligible hectares. However, an additional 1.24m ANC hectares was unpaid because of prevailing thresholds set.
Details: IFA Budget 2027 Submission - Areas of Natural Constraints (ANCs)
